Skepta: 'Adele stopped me from quitting music'

"One day I was just chilling and she posted up a picture of me that said 'Tottenham boy'," smiles Skepta from the Mercury Prize red carpet - recalling the time that Adele gave him a shout-out on Twitter and Instagram. "I was going to quit that day - I was going to quit music that day. But that was one of the sickest things that could have happened." Sticking at it is a decision he won't regret. Sure, 'Shutdown' has become an anthem for the new grime generation, but it's his album Konnichiwa th...

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