Mrley has shared his stark new song 'My Side Of London'.
The creative all-rounded grew up listening to his parents' golden age hip-hop tapes – think Nas, Public Enemy – before being drawn to the punk underground.
Somehow, he brings these influences together – alongside other hues and flavours – on his new single.
Raw and unrelenting, 'My Side Of London' finds Mrley speaking his truth, exposing the the often twists presentations that appear on social media.
Skewering the falseness that besets areas of 2k21 fashion, 'My Side Of London' is a kind of parallel to 'Common People' and its depiction of culture vultures traded in surface-level poverty.
He comments…
"The internet and social media means people are no longer glancing at life through the lens their environment provides. It’s now fashionable to be 'struggling', you have kids raised in Kensington running around pretending to be kids from Kennington…"
"It's progress that people of all backgrounds are being brought together through the love of art but I think it’s important to let the people whose profits are thriving from street culture know that: 'I’m not your something, your something to play with…'"
A vital listen, you can check out 'My Side Of London' below.
Photo Credit: Amy Peskett
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