Ill Strategik
Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Occupation
Alive and thankful
About
Nottingham based beat maker and lyric writer/ Musical spoken word poet ill StrategiK.
Was introduced to hip-hop whilst living in Children's Home. 2 members of the legendary Rock City Crew worked there as residential social services and noticed my leaning to music. They would bring me in tapes and also I would listen to Heatwave for my weekly fix from Styly Cee's catering of hip hop.
The influences started me rhyming, but became more passionate about it in 1999 after the death of Master MC Headrush Gavin Sebborn who was in many ways my Jedi teacher of complete freestyle kickassamania.
Introduced to Out Da Ville in 1999 by Karizma, after hearing them set the standard I had to change up my