Hak Bakar is one of my favourite artists going right now because he is just so BRITISH!
He describes himself as “a lad from Isle of Dogs, East London. [Who] enjoys tins of cheap booze accompanied by great company, and writing songs about it. That’s me in a nutshell basically!” (MTV) And this is literally it. His songs are all about living in London, having messy nights out and chilling with his mates over an Indie-Rock / Folk sound. However, he hasn’t always been the Folk Guitarist that you see today.
At 14, Baker was part of the grime collective B.O.M.B Squad, which I find SO NUTS! But later down the line some shit happened that put a pause to his music career. All i can say is that I am happy he found motivation through some of his favourite musicians like Kings of Leon, where he taught himself how to play the guitar and furthered his sick songwriting talents in the music he’s making now.
He released his last EP ‘Misfits’ last year in 2017, which featured my favourite song of his – ‘7AM.’
Hak Bakar – 7AM.
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TWITTER: @HakBaker
QQ’s:
Name, Age, Location
Hakeem Baker, Age can’t remember, East London
Dogs or cats?
I want a big dog and 2 cats
Who are you listening to atm?
Im listening to ‘skinshape’ at the moment
When did you start growing your locs?
Start accidentally growing em 2.5 years ago cause I couldn’t be asked to keep me self groomed
How did you go from BOMB squad to Indie rock?
I dunno just kinda happened, guitars are cool