Friar in the booth

Chris Turner proves you can't spell Trappist without 'rap'

Comic and rapper Chris Turner has offered his own version of 1Xtra's famed Fire In The Booth strand.

The segment of Charlie Sloth's show invites grime MCs prove their skills and has helped launch the careers of Wretch 32 and Bugzy Malone.

But Turner has renamed it Friar In The Booth and freestyled a load of religious-based puns in the guise of MC Friar Tuck.

It contains such line as: 'So let me see you lose your head like you be John the Baptist//Bishops got a lotta hi hats, s’why I call ‘em Trappists.'

The Midnight Beast's Dru Wakely helped out with production.

Here's the track:

Published: 17 Nov 2017

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