'We want a Bafta this time': Krept and Konan on TV hit The Rap Game UK

At a time when talent shows feel passé, the BBC Three series has revived the genre for a younger audience. Now its rap star hosts just have to find a star … “We wanted to win, to be honest. The nomination thing is sick, but we’re not really the nomination dons – we’re the winner dons.” I am talking to UK rap star Konan, of the chart-topping duo Krept and Konan, as the pair sit in the back of a people carrier outside a warehouse on an industrial estate in Birmingham, which doubles as their dressing room. This unglamorous location is, in fact, the nerve centre of the pair’s hit TV show, The Rap Game UK. The BBC Three show was nominated for a TV Bafta in the entertainment category, losing out to Strictly Come Dancing (“We’ll just go again next year,” says Konan) and proved a surprise hit in a landscape where TV music contests such as The X Factor now feel passé.It is early September, and my set visit comes as production is restarting on TV projects across the country following months of Covid restrictions. The vibe is upbeat – it feels as if everyone is grateful to be out of the house and eager to work on something. The show’s co-host, DJ Target, has spotted a model Triceratops outside and is posing for a corny photo with his leg in its mouth. The rapper Wretch 32, this week’s guest mentor, is all smiles as he films pieces to camera. Konan groans as he opens the foil package that has been passed to him: pasta with cheese. “Do you want to share it,” he asks. Continue reading…
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