A biography for Kanohasn’t been written yet.
“Nah I'm not religious.”
“I'm a thinker as much as I'm a talker.”
“David Cameron? He's not my guy.”
“I'm laid-back. Sometimes, I think being laid-back will be my downfall; I'm a little too good at sitting on the sofa and doing nothing. But what can I say? It's who I am, how I am, how I've always been.”
“Ultimately, I want people to be inspired.”
“Me and Skepta, we're kind of from the same world but have totally different-sounding albums. That's why I get funny sometimes when people say I'm a grime artist. Not in a negative way, but I don't feel it's a true representation of the music I'm making.”
“I usually hate the whole process of pitching and making videos. I've had so many made and I only like about two of them.”
“I don't agree with any form of butler, so definitely not a robot one. It's lazy, so a bad idea.”
“I would be extremely surprised if David Cameron watched 'Top Boy.' But maybe he should. Maybe he should.”
“My favourite lessons in college were when we would have a professional teach us, or when we went out of the classroom for the day. You take in so much more when someone who's been there and done it is telling you.”
“London, London, London town,You can toughen up or get thrown around.”
“See, I'm not a very open person, face-to-face. I'm no good at sharing my feelings with others, good or bad. I kind of close up. Music is the only time I can open up and actually say things.”
“I would continue to try to make songs how I did at the start. Wherever that be, like in your bedroom or coming up with ideas on the bus, as you grow that's gonna change. Sometimes it can get forced.”
“Sometimes I feel like distance helps observation.”
“Hip-hop is the art of story-telling.”
“Drake can do that well, he can have the hottest tune every summer for the next 20 years, and that's how he does his things. But naaaaah, I might go away for three years, you know what I mean?”
“Biggie has definitely stood the test of time. He's the reason Jay-Z and loads of other rappers are who they are. His flow and wordplay is brilliant - the stories he would tell are just nuts.”
“I would go to college and people would know me from the rave they went to at the weekend. So I would get a bit of respect. But I would always go to class and do my work. My mother made sure of that.”
“Grime don't mean nothing, we never called it grime. It's just a word someone associated with us. I wouldn't say all my music's grimy.”
“I'm just trying to humanise situations and represent voices that aren't being represented.”