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Stumpy D Interview

Ruffhousing has been watching up-and-coming grime/hip-hop MC, Stumpy D, for a while. He made his first appearance on Boonsie's now infamous 'Frowsy Riddim' and has since climbed into the public subconcious with songs such as 'Love Life' and 'Syze Duzzn't Mattah'. Check Stumpy's myspace to hear more:

www.myspace.com/stumpydizzle

To hear a recent interview with Dizzle, courtesy of BBC Worldwide, please check the Ruffhousing Podcasts. Praise to Selassie, as always.

It's T

Here at Ruffhousing, we are dedicated to shepherding young, up-and-coming talent into the musical limelight. However, we have also been responsible for launching the careers of many successful sportsmen:



Imagine our surprise and delight, therefore, to discover an individual who excels so staggeringly in both fields.

Three weeks ago, I returned home from Ryman's to find the front door wide open and all of the downstairs windows shattered. Cautiously, I entered the house and, making sure to close the door behind me, I began to climb the stairs. Upon walking into my parents' bedroom, I caught the man in the video below in the middle of stuffing my mum's blouse into a black plastic bag.

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The man in question was grime MC "Terminator" (AKA Shabazz Baidoo). After a brief struggle in which, despite finally managing to overpower my assailant, I was stabbed repeatedly in the cheek and shin, I was able to sit down with Terminator (or 'T') and really talk to him.

There can be no dispute, after watching the video above, that Terminator is an frighteningly gifted MC. The structure, flow and content of his lyrics is at once urgently stark, bleakly nihilistic and really shit. However, Baidoo has more than one string to his already heavily-strung bow. Yes, he is a master blacksmith.

However, he is also a professional footballer. Below is a photo of him in action for Queen's Park Rangers.



The skills, the rhymes, the blouse; yes, Terminator has got it all - and more to boot. We here at Ruffhousing are are behind him 100% and we are hoping that, through promoting him on this site, the general public might get behind him too.

More on T very soon.

BBC Grime Documentary

Found this pon BBC; an excellent podcast documentary on the grime scene.

Check out the Ruffhousing Podcast site to hear it.