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James Massiah

James Massiah (also credited "James Massiah") is a South London dub poet, DJ, producer and NTS Radio resident, known as DJ Escrow in Dean Blunt's Babyfather.

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Sep 30, 2026

EX.815 Saul Williams & James Massiah

Sep 30 · 42m

9:44

And what did that ignite for you when you found the marriage of music and poetry?

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9:49

Yeah, I think it's funny because you have these titles, genres, identities, And they're loaded.

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10:01

So for a long time to be an MC was to also be someone who was in the street.

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10:07

And I wasn't in the street.

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10:08

I was a church boy.

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10:10

So I didn't really feel comfortable calling myself an MC because I couldn't spit what the other MC spat about.

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10:19

Poetry I grew up with Roald Dahl's Wondercrump Collection and Allen Alberg and John Agard and stuff.

23 MINS LATER

33:21

Tell me about working with him and what that world delivers, I guess, that just working with purely spoken word doesn't.