Having put the time in with an impressive work ethic, B-Mus Khalil is no stranger to hard work and no stranger to being vocal about his opinions. The ‘Storyteller of the south’, has worked hard on his solo career carving out a niche with his music and making a difference with his active work with the local community.
B-Mus has had endorsements from his peers and industry including Shortee Blitz who says “The Blue Borough’s B-Mus Khalil keeps the pressure up of ‘Go Arder’ with ‘Good Die Young’, where he touches on the madness that happens on the streets with our youth – South London stand up!”. Tinchy Stryder recently name checked the MC and his single ‘Go Arder’ on twitter and his first solo mixtape ‘The Art of Storytelling’ [T.A.O.S.T] in early 2010 featured on BBC 1Xtra’s recommended Top 3 ‘Hood Heat’.
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he took time out to talk to Kix Magazine about the new single, album and about street life in Lewisham.
Kix Mag: How did the nickname the storyteller come about? B-Mus: I was always influenced by story telling in lyrics and was a fan of artists like Nas who use storytelling as part of their records. It transports you to another world allowing you to enter a world that you wouldn’t normally. Apparently that’s one of my best abilities and being able to tell stories about what I’ve seen, experienced, imagined, I can relay in my music and that’s where the nickname came about. It’s also where the title of the mixtapes came from.
Kix: You’ve worked with top names on street level but also at top level how did this come about? B-Mus: I’ve worked with artists that I admire for their lyrical ability, dexterity and
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Paul Waller produced my first demo...
performance. I’ve collaborated
with Smiler, Narstie and Swiss. I admire Devlin as he’s true to himself, no gimmicks, he’s not flashy and doesn’t need to ‘prove himself’ – he’s just straight what you see is what you get – I love that. Paul Waller produced my first demo and a friend introduced me to him. He heard me working away in a studio and asked about my work. He offered to put together my first demo, which was great. He’s produced for Massive Attach and Bjork.
Kix: You do a lot of work in the local community – where did that come from? B-Mus: I’ve worked with young people in the community in workshops including writing, sports as in boxing and songwriting. I think it’s really important to give back to your community, as the community will always have your back. It’s also important to show young people that they can achieve whatever they want to achieve – they just have to put their mind to it. It’s simple enough to blame the place you’re from, your economic situation and peers for you not doing well. It’s harder to do something about it. It’s what my single’s about
too, ‘Go Arder’ – don’t let anything stop you!
Kix: What’s the future for B-Mus – what can we look out for? B-Mus: I have a new single out right now called ‘Go Arder’ which has had great feedback. I also have a new video out for a track ‘Good Die Young’ which focuses on talking about the young people that have passed unduly in recent years. I have a mixtape available to download called T.A.O.S.T. part 2, which is hosted by the award winning DJ Ames. Look out for my album, which I hope to have ready for release in 2011. I’m also jumping on the live per- formance circuit. I performed at The Gramaphone in Shoreditch as part of the Genesis Elijah x Krate Krusaders album launch. It was a free event on 30th November 2010 from 7.30pm.
Twitter: @bmuskhalil Website:
www.itskhalil.com Fb:
www.facebook.com/#!/it- skhalil Blog:
www.b-muskhalil.blogspot.com
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