A lot of people think I’m a devil worshipper.
They think I’m a demon,
not knowing I believe strongly in God.
I read my psalms before I walked out the gate.
..First day out of prison It was 4 double Rs
It used to be four 4s in a 4 door with a kitchen
I’m what the game’s been missing
I remember when I was leaving the jail
and they was reading me my license.
The gov said,
“Yeah, man, just forget about music for two years.
This is just too much. I’ve never seen this.”
And I just started laughing, like,
“You don’t even know. I’ve already planned this,
how I’m going to work with this.”
..Rise that then step pon dem...
I’ve got my game plan from before I came out.
The police feel like they’re controlling me,
but I can’t be controlled.
These new drill cats better just watch out for the work rate.
Man’s coming for their necks.
Hailing from Brixton Hill in South London,
LD is one of the pioneers of the UK drill scene.
As a member of the group 67,
who were nominated for a MOBO as best newcomers in 2016,
LD began to achieve commercial success,
with sold out tours and millions of views on YouTube.
He became, in part, notorious for his iconic silver mask
and went on to release music as a solo artist.
In 2019, LD was arrested on drug charges.
And after serving two and a half years in prison,
the man in the mask is back in the game
and determined to take his throne as the godfather of UK drill.
..How you ain’t win you an Oscar?
Bro put one in the--
Rubbed out there Didn’t need them a doctor
Let that glee, glee, glee Old-school shooter, Didier Drogba
Made that beat like 808 Melo or Mazza, or gotcha
First day out of prison
It was 4 Double Rs
It used to be four 4s in a 4 door with a kitchen
I’m what the game’s been missing
How you industry plants try water my sound without my permission?
Whistle
Listen...
Today we’re in flippin’ Ladbroke Grove,
in Latimer Estate, you get me?
Just filming my first...
my first official video back.
Got the crew here, helping everything work.
I’m not used to it yet, but it’s good.
Working.
The villain’s back.
Yeah? The villain’s back.
How come you decided to shoot in West?
Do you know what? I’m banned from Lambeth...
where I wanted to.
I’m banned from a few places, basically.
Lambeth is where I wanted to shoot.
That’s home, you get me?
But not allowed there, so...
I grew up in southwest London, Brixton Hill.
Serious, serious, serious place.
I describe it as the trenches.
A lot of people use that, but I’m really from the trenches.
I’m talking about blocks where you can find syringes on the floor,
you know that lady that just walked past, she’s a prostitute.
Crackheads everywhere, like.
I’m from the gutter,
but you learn a lot of lessons there.
I’ve become a wise man
because of where I’m from.
When 67 started,
that was a group of young boys that just said,
“We need to be rich tomorrow,”
and just started rapping.
Dimzy just come out of jail.
We’re just chilling with vibes, and he says he’s got a studio.
Went there and had a little bit of drink,
and we made a tune called
And that one, in the streets at the time... banging.
..67 broad day
My youngins shoot when I say
I just hit the stain with M.A. Click clack that mac, watch 25 spray
Don’t gas me, I’ll come around with my monkeys right where you stay
broad day on the mains
Big cutter, get your shit shaved
Them n****s say they want me
I’mma take em straight to their grave
That was drill at the beginning, beginning,
when we learnt how to crawl.
That was where drill was then, yeah.
As soon as we saw music, the goal was music, you get me?
Obviously, it's been a bumpy ride.
Things have happened and that,
but it’s still the same plan now.
Obviously, I used to rap under a different name,
and the police, they hit me with a CBO.
They said a man can’t rap
and this name can’t go on YouTube, this face can’t be on YouTube.
I couldn’t rap without hiding my face,
so I just said, “I’m going to hide my face.
I’m going to give them the LD name.”
I did a SBTV freestyle.
This was the best looking one.
I remember I was rapping, and they couldn’t hear man,
and someone said, “Oh, we can cut the mouth bit out for you.”
In my head, I was thinking, “This is going to be stupid, but OK.”
After that, never looked back.
And I remember getting nicked days after it came out,
and they’re like, “Rah, we said that you’re not allowed to be on YouTube.”
And I said, “Hey, mate, that’s not me.”
Literally, I said, “That is not me.”
And they had to let me go.
And from there, I was just like, “Safe. We’re in the game.”
You lot basically created me.
And now, I actually love this. I love the mask.
It frees me.
I think if I didn’t have the mask on,
I’d be a bit more stiff because I’m a shy person.
Honestly, I’m a proper shy person.
But when I’m on stage with this mask,
I don’t give two fucks.
I think the mask gives me that.
I came out of jail in 2018.
From then I said, “Yo, music is...
that’s what I need to be doing, like, proper.”
Everything just started going well.
Don’t make a phone call, get a man whacked
I’m comfy, getting in racks
Last year, we got a few new waps
And we’re riding for any little chat
Fling it in the ride, fling on the rap...
Little did I know the Feds have got a little operation going on.
And then boom, just collapsed, just like that.
Lost out on a lot of money,
lost out on the good life, the life that was going right.
They just took it, just like that.
I remember K-Trap’s album, Headie’s album coming out,
and AJ’s,
and when they came out, I got each one.
We was all coming up from the same time.
And they’re doing big things. I love it.
So I was just like, I need to come up and show them who the father was.
D’you know what I mean? I need to get back to work.
I came out of jail,
and all my friends are just trying to ambush me,
spraying me in my eyes and stuff,
but I don’t care about that.
I just want to know where the mask is.
And all the boots are opening, and I was thinking, “Yeah.”
That’s the first thing I saw, the mask.
I wanted my clothes, but the first thing I saw was the mask,
and I’m like, “Yeah, we’re back, baby.”
Man’s actually back, you know what I mean?
Yeah, from now I’m going to take it more personal as well
because the mask is me.
I missed wearing the mask.
It’s mad. I missed wearing it bare.
I tried to tell myself I didn’t.
I missed it.
I went to jail 26,
came out 29.
I let out the boy, and I brought in the man.
I’m surprised I got found guilty,
but it is what it is.
I’m one of them ones that believe what God wants, God gets.
It might have been looking after me by putting me in jail.
Focus on the good to get everything right this time.
Sometimes you do have to do wrong to do right.
That’s just a phase that a lot of people
that come from poorer backgrounds,
that’s just a thing that they go through.
But I’ve found what I love...
and I’m working on it.
..First day out prison It was 4 double Rs
It used to be four 4s in a 4 door with a kitchen
I’m what the game’s been missing
How you industry plants try water my sound without my permission?
Whistle (Ayy) grrrr, listen
Ay, ay
Came home, who’s at it again? (Who?)...
I got my game plan from before I came out.
So I just wanted to stick to it.
I had to come out and work straight away
and get into that rhythm of working.
The plan I made, I’ve got to stick to it.
If you have a dream,
without planning, it’s just a wish.
That’s what it is. So, coming out and going studio is important.
It’s just mad I have to send them the lyrics, the videos.
I have to let them know where it was filmed, what time,
who’s in the video and stuff.
The police feel like they’re controlling me,
but I can’t be controlled.
I seriously think they hope that I’ll fall off after this,
or they hoped I’d stop.
Not going to work like that.
Man’s working.
Man’s coming for their necks.
..But forget that Say my name and regret that
25 shots, I spread that
I shelled down the opps and I shelled down the show
Tilt your hat and respect that
Done started off drill and I kept on drilling
Tilt your hat and respect that
If labels wanna talk deals
No less than a mill, and I might just accept that
First day out of prison
It was 4 double Rs
It used to be four 4s in a 4 door with a kitchen
I’m what the game’s been missing
How you industry plants try water my sound without my permission?...
For me, I keep going because I ain’t achieved what I want to achieve.
I still ain’t done what I want done.
I ain’t gained what I want to gain.
I ain’t made what I want to make.
And I ain’t proved that I’m the actual GOAT yet.
I’ll show you why I’m your favorite rapper’s daddy.
..Dripping in gold VVS stones nothing but water
Don’t answer no unknown caller...