FACT TV spent an afternoon with grime’s own King Original, Footsie

Most people reading FACT, we guess, will know of Footsie. One half of Dizzee Rascal associates Newham Generals, he’s been a fixture in London’s grime scene for a decade, and his new single ‘Spookfest’ is one of the genre’s biggest recent hits.

What a lot of people probably won’t know about Footsie, however, is that he’s been one of the London underground’s biggest producers – not just a rapper – for that time too; something new instrumental compilation King Original aims to change. FACT TV hung out with Footsie for an afternoon: driving around Newham, smoking in his studio and getting a guided tour of his family house (both his father and brother are involved in reggae; King Original is named after the former’s soundsystem).

P.S. The Newham General name is no joke – you have never seen somebody get stopped in the street more than Footsie in Forest Gate. It was ridiculous.