Oscar Jerome: the emerging London jazz star on greed, toxic masculinity and why we need to force an election

Oscar Jerome

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Oscar Jerome gazes out along a busy canal towpath in Haggerston, east London, where joggers vie with designer pushchairs and wandering Instagrammers seek out backdrops.

“Gentrification is killing London’s communities,” says the guitarist and singer-songwriter, 30, sipping his coffee. “Artists move into an area because it’s cheap and they make it cool. People who don’t care about culture move in so prices go up, locals sell to investors and artists are forced to move out.”