Here's a look back at some of the highlights: Bashy, the 40-year-old vocalist and actor, was born Ashley Thomas. He has become one of the pioneers of UK rap and has also featured in film and ...

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Here are my top five. Bashy’s “Black Boys” should have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame by now. The 2007 track appeared on his Chupa Chups mixtape that same year; its dreamy ...

It’s the voice of south London MC Ghetts, in a sample from an infamous clash between Ghetts (then known as Ghetto) and west London MC Bashy back in 2006. In the full-length audio of the clash ...

In the legendary BBC Maida Vale studios, hosted by BBC 1Xtra, London rapper and Hollywood actor, Bashy, launches his highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘Being Poor is Expensive’, with an ...

He went to pitch that grime frontrunners Ghetts and Bashy should have taken the prize: “Bashy released a great album last year (I even rang head of the MOBOs and put in a word as well and said ...