DOC BROWN

Ben “Doc Brown” Smith began his career in 2000 as a battle rapper, competing in live events such as the now defunct Mudlumz, an infamously tough gig based at the Dingwalls nightclub in Camden Lock where amongst others he battled and lost to fellow UK rapper Sway. Smith became a recurring battle champion at the fledgling competition “Jump Off” in 2003, when the now internation event was housed underneath Yo! Sushi on Poland Street in London’s Soho, moving to the Swiss Centre in Leicester Square (Now the M&M museum). The following year Smith’s growing reputation as a personality of the underground scene made him the host of a monthly event at his friend’s record shop Deal Real on Great Marlborough Court off Carnaby Street in the West End