Maxsta was 14 when he started MCing and just 16 when he released his debut mixtape and MaxstEP. Five years into the game (at 19, I literally have piss stains on my carpet older than him) and he’s doing what any smart artist does at that stage in their career: selling out. He has a new hit single, which samples a Rob Base hook, called "Rock Right Now".Selling out's still a thing, right? Do they have selling out in grime? I dunno, I've never even listened to grime. Everyone in the office laughed at me when I said that; apparently it's been around for a decade! It's not that I don't want to like it. I enjoy bouncing around to Agnostic Front in my living room. Or staring at people pretentiously on the train whilst listening to Nick Cave. All those bands wrote their best music before I was even born. I desperately need to be schooled on new genres.I guess my lack of grime knowlege was the reason my editor thought it would be funny to send me to meet Maxsta. Well screw her, because I learnt loads about grime from my new mate.Read the full story over at Noisey.
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