The first song I fell in love with
Growing up, every weekend we\u2019d visit a different Sri Lankan family\u2019s house in London. One kid had Thriller by Michael Jackson, and I fell in love with Billie Jean. I then ripped my brother\u2019s Michael Jackson Bad poster in a retaliation move, for which I now formally apologise.<\/p>\n
The song I do at karaoke
I\u2019ve never done it. If somebody had my family and said: \u201cPick a song for them to be released,\u201d I\u2019d still consider not doing it, before eventually settling on Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J.<\/p>\n
The first single I bought
Batdance by Prince from Woolworths in Crawley, probably the worst entry to the Prince catalogue. I\u00a0was more led to it by Batman than I was Prince, to be honest.<\/p>\n
The song I inexplicably know every lyric to
My dad is a massive Bob Marley fan. He had a pub and would put on Jamming 30 times in a row.<\/p>\n
The best song to play at\u00a0a\u00a0party
Jump Around by House of Pain is an injection of energy into any party. It\u2019s\u00a0one of the biggest hip-hop tunes of all time, but it\u2019s not offensive to people that aren\u2019t into hip-hop. It also requires no choreography.<\/p>\n
The song I can no longer listen to
The buildup in I Want Your Soul by Armand Van Helden is so relentlessly catchy, I must have listened to it 100 times. Now I\u2019ve broken it, I\u2019m so sick of it.<\/p>\n
The song I secretly like, but tell everybody I hate
Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter. It absolutely slaps.<\/p>\n
The best song to have sex to
Based on tempo and length, Song 2 by Blur. You mess around for a little bit, there\u2019s a big explosion. You mess around a little more, there\u2019s a second explosion, then you finish. If Song 2 ended with an apology, it would\u00a0be perfect.<\/p>\n
The song that changed my life
Rebel Without a Pause by\u00a0Public Enemy was the start of my journey into loving hip-hop. Now I\u00a0host a show [For the Love of Hip-Hop on Radio\u00a02] and throw parties. It definitely changed my life.<\/p>\n
The song that gets me up\u00a0in the morning
Juicy by the Notorious BIG, for the rags to riches lyrics, which makes me think of all the teachers at school who said I wouldn\u2019t amount to anything. I used to be a teacher, and find it upsetting that anybody would be so disparaging.<\/p>\n
The song that makes me\u00a0cry
Hip-hop doesn\u2019t do love songs as a rule. But I love the story on Got Me by the Roots featuring Erykah Badu and Eve, about trust, and how it doesn\u2019t matter how long they\u2019re away from each other. The drum\u2019n\u2019bass bit at the end is a nice touch, but that\u2019s not what makes me cry \u2013 it\u2019s\u00a0the sentiment.<\/p>\n
The song I want played at my funeral
I\u2019d want it to pop off of my funeral, so Ante Up by MOP, just to get the party started. I love the idea of it all going off as my coffin is lowered into the ground.<\/p>\n