Delivering socially-conscious narratives with impeccable flow, this young hip-hop poet embraces experimentation and poetic-expression in his new #OtisMensahExists series. There still remains, in dusty corners of some red brick universities, old white men readily poised to discredit the powerful potential of hip-hop, rap and animation. It’s an age-old need to label something as ‘low-art’, shoehorning it into the realm of ‘trivial’. And yet, hip-hop and animation find kinship w

With his ongoing ...Exists project, hip-hop poet Otis Mensah offers 10 powerfully charged singles that provide illuminating observations on our existence. Accompanied by original animations by Sheffield illustrator Jim Spendlove, the series provides a profound and observational voice for the young generation. The radical storyteller and self-described 'rap-psalmist' is first the hip-hop artist to be awarded a poet laureate title in the UK. Through vulnerable expression and hi