30-03-2011

An interview with artist ShayD!

                                                 

A young woman from a Muslim family ShayD is that rare thing: a female rapper. With lyrics discussing visiting the mosque to heading to a rave ShayD is an artist to watch. ShayD has most recently been working with it’s our theatre: Luton. With a Muslim population of over 20,000 a rapper like ShayD is a positive figure for young people in Luton...

‘‘I started rapping at about 15. I started to MC, when garage was about doing it in youth clubs and performing sets. I was always writing poetry. A love of mine was also always Hip Hop. I decided to pursue that more and at that time it was a particularly good outlet for me.’’ Continue