Kano demonstrates why he’s the next rap sensation waiting to happen on April 22 when he plays Dublin's Crawdaddy venue.

Mike Skinner’s co-conspirator on ‘Fit But You Know It’, the Londoner is from the same grime scene as Dizzee Rascal and made his top 30 UK debut this week with Jo Whiley-endorsed ‘Typical Me’.

Before embarking on his current career, Kano seemed destined to become a professional footballer.

“A lot of my cousins play,” he reveals. “I stopped to concentrate on music. Because I stopped football, it makes me try harder at music. My cousin John Fortune plays for Charlton, so I can’t ever give up the music.”

Joining him for his Dublin date are assorted members of the Nasty Crew.

Live photograph by Liam Sweeney.