Gay rappers on the radio! 'No homo: hip hop's last taboo' my documentary on 1xtra

Very excited that my investigative documentary into the lack of homosexual rappers made it onto Radio 1xtra this Sunday! First born as an idea for my uni dissertation while interviewing countless rappers for SBTV by day and hanging out with many a gay pal by night, I'm chuffed the guys at the BBC believed in it and my SBTV family supported me in the making of, and was psyched to be on the airwaves!

Managing to snag Wiz Khalifa, Mark Ronson, Estelle, Yasmin, Plan B and Example for soundbites on the topic during the very generous time frame they gave us to put it together while I finished my final exams, it was undoubtebly a challenge to make. Perhaps naievely I wasn't entirely expecting to be met with as many refusals for comment or co-operation from the multitude of artists, labels, PR's and industry figures I approached (although many were lovely), all resulting in my learning of more than I could have imagined.

Almost too close to the project in the edit suite at times, where I felt I'd need a whole day of airtime to do the topic justice I hope it got people talking on what I do really feel is the last taboo in hip hop.

Alot of fun to make, we followed spoken word artist Dean Atta on his journey into music, even getting a track made by Artful Dodger and ended up as the Radio Times and the Guardian's pick of the day!

You can listen HERE.