This is the start of my freedom

Last year brought a reckoning for UK rap star Pa Salieu when he served time in prison on charges of violent disorder. Now he's learned to live with the past, he's plotting a new era of positivity, leaning into a greatness he's always felt within reach

KACION MAYERS

It was December 2022 when the past finally caught up with Pa Salieu, derailing his path to success and throwing his future up in the air. His court case was in its final stretch and his lawyer requested a suspended sentence, as he believed that Salieu was by no means the sum of his mistakes. Almost four years after the incident that had put him in front of a judge, Salieu had gotten his life back on track, but it simply wasn't enough. Back in 2018, Salieu witnessed the fatal stabbing of Fidel Glasgow outside a bar in his hometown of Coventry. Glasgow, grandson of Specials vocalist Neville Staple, was his best friend. A group of nine men including Salieu chased another young man away from the scene of the…

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Dazed & Confused (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2024

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