“Wellington Mills on Pollard Street was the first studio I ever recorded in. I have so many great memories about this place. It was an important building for me and many others because it was a place for creative people to work on music. You didn’t really have many of those places in Manchester at the time because everything was very London-centric. It’s an amazing place, and I feel like for as long as that building is standing, it will always be an an amazing place."

“Moston Lane is where all the culture is, and there’s a massive sense of community. I’m not gonna sit here and say it’s the prettiest street in the world, because it’s definitely not. But if you want a real representation of North Manchester, this is the place to go to. There’s a song on my new album called “M40,” which is the postcode for Moston Lane. California Wines Express was a meet-up spot for us there. It’s where we’d charge our phones and get a Mr. Freeze ice lolly for 20p.”

“I grew up in Moston and Newton Heath, close to the Crown. We obviously couldn’t go into the pub, so it was just our place to be nosy and see what all the older people were doing. The Crown is by a canal where we’d ride our bikes and we’d just see everyone in the pub and be like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re gonna go in there one day.’ I used to do a lot of rap videos by the canal. There are videos of me rapping, and you’ll see the Crown in the background. So I’ve got a little soft spot for that area.”

“NQ House is my manager’s building. It includes studios, offices, and whatnot. Because everything’s very London-centric, it’s quite hard for an artist to come up in Manchester, especially if you don’t have any money. And it’s difficult to have the facilities that everyone else does, because you’ve got to get yourself to London first. So it’s good that NQ House is now a place where people in Manchester can go to make music and better themselves. So yeah, that’s like a little second home for me."

“I loved spending so much time here for a few reasons. It links to a couple of other spots that I’ve listed. For example, there’s a little alleyway on Moston Lane East, near the One Stop, that takes you straight to Failsworth Park, where we always used to hang out. Also, Moston Lane East is a road that basically separates Moston and Failsworth, two areas where we used to hang out. It was just a big base for me and my friends that really feels like home.”

“Nuthurst Park was literally our playground. We did everything there, just like childhood 101 stuff. Probably from 2011 up to 2016, you would catch me on my pedal bike in Nuthurst Park riding around. I feel like it’s the same now, even though a lot’s changed community-wise. You don’t really see as many groups of kids outside anymore, but every time I’m on Nuthurst Road, I still see loads of kids in Nuthurst Park, which kind of makes me happy, ’cause I feel like there’s still a community there.”

“Broadhurst Park is another park where a lot of my childhood memories were made. It’s a big park that has loads of football pitches on it. Everyone runs to Broadhurst Park after school—there was a strong sense of community, there were always people there you knew and could hang out with. I actually organized to shoot a music video at Broadhurst Park, and the video man was asking me for £250, and my friends dispersed to scrape up money to get the video made.”

“Okay. So [around Failsworth] is where everything really started for me, career-wise. Obviously, I was rapping my socks off for ages, but I never actually filmed anything until one day at Failsworth Park. I thought it was kind of embarrassing and I’d get bullied for it. My friend put it on Facebook, and it turns out everyone absolutely loved it. I don’t wanna sound cringe, but it felt like I was living in a movie. So Failsworth Park will forever be a legendary place for me personally.”

"This is across the road from where I went to high school. We’d go there before school to get snacks and whatnot. At night, the whole estate often used to come alive, like there was a festival atmosphere with big speakers, everyone outside in the front gardens, music playing. Stereotypical North Manchester life is being lived on that estate. Sometimes I wish I had a camera, and I could just go through there, film, and let everyone be themselves, and it would be like an award-winning series!"