TY'S strength of mind is legendary. His debut recording back in 1995 was on one of I.G. Culture's (New Sector Movement) legendary One Drop Inter Outer albums.

He has worked with the likes of MC Mell'O', Jonzi D's Apricot Jam, and DJ Pogo and has recently featured on albums and singles by the Nextmen, Unsung Heroes, Funky DL, Procryptix and Krispy.

He hosted one of London's best-known and longest running hip hop nights, Lyrical Lounge. In 1997 he released singles with well-known DJ Shortee Blitz. As a duo they signed to Bear Mountain, a US imprint owned and ran by Maceo from De La Soul.

He has appeared as a presenter on Channel 4's Flava and has shared the mic with luminaries such as Talib Kweli, De La and Jeru Da Damaja. 2003's Upwards, which famously featured a different rhyme pattern on every track, was DJ magazine and Gilles Peterson's album of the year and was deservedly Mercury-nomiated.

Of its success, he explained: "I'll walk into the studio and the engineer will be saying , 'What are you going to do today?' and I don't know. You just go into the studio and create."

Ras Kwame also appears.

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