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Connor Lynch

Belfast Grime Man hails boxing gym for improving mental health

The Belfast Grime Man has hailed a South Belfast boxing gym for helping him to overcome mental health struggles.

Alan Braniff, also known as the Belfast Grime Man, became an internet sensation after thousands of people watched his raps that highlighted issues he has faced in his life, such as coping with the death of his mum and how this impacted his mental health.

The Shankill Road rapper told Belfast Live that around a year ago he began having further issues with his mental health and began looking at ways to improve this and after joining The Cornerstone Boxing Gym on Ravenhill Road he says that he has never felt better.

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