Stig of the Dump
- Text by HUCK HQ
- Photography by Ed Andrews
Music is as much about the creative process as the final track.
And in the second episode of our new series, Beyond the Beat, HUCK meets up with London-based rapper Stig of the Dump to follow him on the daily routine of trying to pay the bills through beats and rhymes.
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