37 Quotes by J Hus

One of my biggest influences is Fela Kuti.

I put my mum through a lot of stress; police would be coming to the house... It just seemed normal to me, to be up to no good; it's what everyone did. But then you start to see friends dying and going to prison and suddenly it's not fun anymore.

People look at kids like us and think we have no morals because we're from 'the street.' I want to show that we do live by certain standards, that we are moral people.

My absolute earliest influences would be people like Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Outkast, 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' era 50 cent.

My mum used to play afrobeats, my dad used to play Caribbean, my sisters and brothers played hip-hop.

There isn't a Skepta song I don't know.

Everyday I look back at my history and feel regret.

When I was growing up in my area, the worst problem for us was we never had a purpose, I'd just be looking for stuff to do, I would be bored, that's how we would get into trouble.

The women are my biggest supporters so I have to make good music for them too. Afrobeats is also often always about sexy women; we are simply celebrating the female form.