Hak Baker

Hak Baker (born 1991) is a British singer and rapper from London.

Early life

Hak Baker was born in Luton to an Grenadan father and Jamaican mother, the 5th of 9 kids.[1] Since the age of 1 he has lived on the Isle of Dogs.[2] As a kid, he was a choirboy at Southwark Cathedral. Aged 14, he joined the rap group The Bomb Squad.[3] He dropped out of school aged 15. In his mid 20s he spent 2 years in jail for robbery.[4]

Style

Baker's musical style is influenced by grime music, reggae and punk rock.[5] In addition to his singing and rapping talents, he is a skilled guitarist.[6] He has performed musical collaborations with the Streets and punk group the Clash.[7] In 2022 he performed at Glastonbury festival. In 2023 he recorded his first album, Worlds End FM.[8]

Discography

Worlds End FM (2023)
  • 1. World's End FM (Intro)
  • 2. DOOLALLY
  • 3. Windrush Baby
  • 4. Collateral Cause
  • 5. Bricks In The Wall
  • 6. Full On
  • 7. Babylon Must Fall (MC Grindah Skit)
  • 8. I Don't Know
  • 9. Run
  • 10. Telephones 4 Eyes
  • 11. Watford's Burning (Connie Constance Skit)
  • 12. Brotherhood
  • 13. Luv u Bro (Big Zees Skit)
  • 14. Dying to Live
  • 15. Almost Lost London
  • 16. The End of the World

Personal life

Baker supports left-wing political causes. He has criticised the gentrification of working class areas by yuppies and middle class hipster subculture.[9] He also opposes the Tories' attempts to deport refugees to Rwanda, and has compared it to the discrimination faced by the Windrush generation.[10][11]

References
  1. "Windrush: Hak Baker says why singing about it now feels right". June 22, 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. Pant, Sangit (June 16, 2023). "Musician Hak Baker Wikipedia Age Wife And Net Worth".
  3. Baker falling out of love with East London
  4. Williams, Jenessa (June 6, 2023). "Singer-songwriter Hak Baker: 'The old guard is being priced out of London'" – via The Guardian.
  5. Garratt-Stanley, Fred (June 9, 2023). "Hak Baker and the power of his electrifying protest music".
  6. Reilly, Nick (June 7, 2023). "Hak Baker on 'World's End FM: 'I just want to make people feel good'". Rolling Stone UK.
  7. "The Era Of The Misfit: Clash Meets Hak Baker". December 4, 2017.
  8. "WORLDS END FM - SIGNED CD". Hak Baker.
  9. Baker, Hak (July 21, 2020). "Hak Baker: "Budget cuts and middle class elites are killing London's working class culture"".
  10. "Hak Baker: 'The Windrush generation is built on resilience'". The Independent. April 5, 2023.
  11. "Rebellion music: Hak Baker is taking down the powers-that-be and having fun with it". Mixmag.
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