As the crew behind Brentford’s premier pirate radio station release a second series of their audio show, Rich Pelley joins them at their HQ for an afternoon rant
‘Pop this on, mate,” insists Kurupt FM’s MC Grindah (AKA Allan Mustafa), handing me a Morrisons bag for life. I am met outside Brentford train station – before the second lockdown – by the self-appointed “best MC in the galaxy” and his fellow Nike-emblazoned Kurupt FM alumnus DJ Beats (Hugo Chegwin). Kurupt were followed for a
BBC documentary (well, a mockumentary – the Bafta-winning People Just Do Nothing), so the location of their HQ remains a secret, lest I “bleat out its location while being tortured like Jack Bauer in 24”.
Doesn’t it look a bit weird, I ask, that I am walking around with a bag on my head? “Yeah, you’re right,” reasons Grindah. “It’s actually more suspicious if people see us walking around with you looking like you’ve been kidnapped. OK, well just close your eyes.” How will I see? “Squint so you can’t make out anything properly.”