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Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. In 2013, he released his debut mixtape, Training Day. Inspired by the DIY attitude of the late California rapper-entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle and the co-founder of Nike, Phil “Shoe Dog” Knight, he pressed up 1,500 CDs and drove around London selling them from the boot of his car. “At that time I thought I was going to the edge of the Earth, but it was probably just Knightsbridge,” he laughs. There are a lot of rappers that are now achieving real success commercially, and I believe that they can only do that now because of me, and I can only do it now because of the people that came before me.” This is different from every other project because I put myself in shoes that I had thought I took off a long time ago – the smelly, old ones.” a b Kenneally, Cerys (17 March 2023). "Potter Payper unveils new single "Corner Boy" ". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 14 May 2023.

As opposed to like literally any project I’ve ever done is like this is obviously coming from a different time and space in my life. But very, my music is always reflective of my life or my day-to-day life. This is different from every other project because I put myself in shoes that I had thought I took off a long time ago – the smelly, old ones. Training Day 3 then went on to grab number three in the official UK charts, and since the release, Potter Payper enjoyed a UK tour, before dropping a collaborative mixtape in the form of Thanks For Waiting, featuring the likes of Unknown T, Rimzee, Digga D, his good friend Smurke, and many more. One million percent. I would say I’m an older, but not the oldest. I had this conversation with Giggs, he called to congratulate me about Thanks For Waiting hitting number eight in the charts and I said that chart positioning wasn’t great – a lot of negativity. I said I had been doing it for ages and Giggs told me that he had been doing it for longer!

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Your last project Thanks For Waiting was a collaboration mixtape. What did you learn from that creative experience?

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A mate said to me: ‘Bro, you should slow it down a bit, you can say more and be taken more seriously.’ And all I wanted at that age was to be taken seriously,” Bousbaa says. In between penning long letters to Nanny Lucy – he has a tattoo of her signature on the side of his face – he listened to American rappers such as Styles P and Cam’ron. Over subsequent trips to prison he met teachers who helped him dissect the poetry of Tupac and rhyme schemes of Eminem. Having launched his own imprint, 36 the Label, and signed veteran south Londoner Fee Gonzalez, Bousbaa says he wants to try his hand at talent-spotting as an A&R. Throughout our interview, in the room next door, Blade Brown has been working on a verse for a song also featuring Skrapz – both top-tier UK rappers – that will contribute towards Bousbaa’s next project. This time, he explains, it will be full of features, demonstrating the breadth and variety of his artistic network. Going forward, he is passionate about helping the UK rap scene edge closer to breaking America. a b c Garratt-Stanley, Fred (12 May 2023). "Potter Payper's debut delivers trademark fiery storytelling". Whynow . Retrieved 14 May 2023. As we approach the end of his album, we’re graced with ‘Actuality’ which is both reflective and grateful. It speaks on love in several different form and is hopeful. Signing off with ‘White Ash’, it’s chilled as he inhales smoke & continues to rap. Listing off spaces where his white ash falls, as he goes over events and the ash being present throughout. Your Training Day 3 mixtape went to number three in the charts, did you make that project with chart success in mind?