Stream Skepta’s Heavy Tribute To A Fallen Friend, “Lukey World”

The grime icon lets his guard down for the late Lukey Maxwell.

June 10, 2015

Supposed to be grieving, but instead I'm in the hood with the whole team scheming/ Supposed to be leaving, but I stay right here 'cause my heart still bleeding, Skepta raps on this somber tribute to close friend and aspiring UK artist Lukey Maxwell, who was stabbed to death on June 5th at Northumberland Park in North London. The wound here is fresh, and the grime spitter's already stone-jawed reserve is sharpened by circumstance: This day's confusing, he raps, and you're left feeling just as lost. Read up on Skepta in his Summer Music cover story.

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Stream Skepta’s Heavy Tribute To A Fallen Friend, “Lukey World”