Terror Telboy

Terror Telboy is a rapper born and raised in the birthplace of grime; Bow E3. His music is a mixture of grime, garage and hip-hop. He first got into music in the 90s when UK garage was starting to gain serious momentum, listening to pirate radio stations such as Rinse and Déjà Vu and heading to garage nights around the city. When he was a teenager, he was introduced to a friend who used to bedroom DJ oldschool & garage. Being surrounded by a community of people involved in this, it inspired him to want to start a career of his own. He used to MC to garage instrumentals in his friends bedroom, along with other friends in the area. At the same time, rappers from the area such as Wiley & Dizzee Rascal were smashing it on pirate radio stations with sharp & gritty lyrics, in a similar time that So Solid Crew emerged from South London - this was the birth of Terror Telboy.

Terror considers his rap persona to be a character ‘It’s an exaggerated version of someone I used to be, it allows me to express my darker side along with some of my sense of humour!’ Despite facing challenges with his mental health over the years he says he has "Never given up my music - it is my passion".

Although he credits lots of people with helping him, he says "Key Changes is the one thing that gave me that platform. It is my dream to be an MC and it has really helped my recovery. Doing my own songs is even better than listening to music that I like. Positive mental health through music!"