Rapper producer musician from Bognor Regis, England
Biography and history of UK rapper Phobea
He has since got himself back on the straight and narrow and finished a course in Graphic Design at Chichester College. Design has been a part of his life ever since the age of 13 when he first picked up a can of spray paint. Despite his peers refusal to acknowledge the hip-hop culture, he managed to live and breathe it throughout his teens, gaining a deeper understanding of what hip-hop really is along the way.
He knows now that it isn’t the clothes, it isn’t the cars, it isn’t the bitches, it’s staying true to yourself and telling your own story. He’s lucky that his story is different enough to warrant being told. Nowadays he doesn’t look hip-hop, or act it, but he likes to believe he’s living it.
His main musical influences are the obvious Tupac, Jay-Z, Nas, Aesop Rock, Slug, Louis Logic, Braintax, as well as many non hip-hoppers varying from David Bowie to Jeff Buckley, the Beatles to Slipknot. When asked recently who his 5 favourite musicians were he answered “Postal Service, Paul Weller, Feist, Snow Patrol, and The Shins” but it changes every week.