Loyle Carner

Loyle Carner is the standard-bearer of current British hip-hop. Not bad for an outsider. The Londoner does not do bling-bling or cockiness. He makes real music and is rooted in real life. An example: Carner started a cooking school for young people who, like him, have ADHD. Because cooking helps focus. The brilliant Hugo (2023) also made Carner a musical hero. The album reveals his great gift for interpreting topics that others shy away from for a wide audience. In a subtle way, he touches on his mixed heritage and his complex relationship with his father. hopefully ! (2025) talks about the hope he puts in his children as a bicultural father. As usual, the sound décor is a warm bath of hip-hop, now with jazz and soul. And a first: Carner not only raps, he now sings as well.