Skepta pictured wearing a leather jacket over a white T-shirt. He has his arms folded and looks at the camera with a serious expression. He's photographed against a dark green background. Image source, Woolfie Woolf
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Skepta released The Fork and Knife on Friday, his first album since 2019's Ignorance Is Bliss

ByPeter Gillibrand and Riyah Collins , BBC Newsbeat
  • Published9 minutes ago

One of the biggest names in grime is back - and he's picked his moment.

"Finally," Skepta promises BBC Newsbeat, "some good rap music, some good UK grime sounds."

The Fork and Knife has been a long time in the making. Seven years on from his last album, Ignorance Is Bliss, and more than two years since it was first teased, the rapper knows how to keep fans waiting.