JID: from teenage athlete to champion rapper

Published: March 7, 2019, 8 a.m.

The 28yo Atlantan rapper JID has earnt widespread acclaim for his latest album DiCaprio 2. Denzel Curry, J. Cole, and the late Mac Miller are just some of the fans he's already won along the way. Richard Kingsmill speaks to him about his upbringing, his teenage dreams of being a sporting hero, and how he always records sitting down.