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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
As told to Rich Pelley

‘I used to walk around junior school thinking I was Snoop’: Allan Mustafa’s honest playlist

Allan Mustafa, MC and actor.
‘Hearing 138 Trek by DJ Zinc at a house party changed my life’ … Allan Mustafa. Photograph: Dominic Marley

The first single I bought
It’s Alright by East 17, from Woolworths in New Malden in south-west London, aged 11. In my mind, they were naughty young boys doing hardcore rap, even though really it was just pop music. So that was my introduction to rap.

The song I do at karaoke
I’ve been through lots of karaokes where all I do is an underground rap song and no one gives a shit and it ruins the whole vibe. At the time I started to get into hip-hop I was also into Green Day – but only the one song, When I Come Around. I learned every lyric and can do a really good impression where you just sound really nasal.

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