His home studio may be an extension next to his mum’s downstairs loo, but the producer-singer has become a go-to for rap’s biggest names
From his Wolverhampton garden, producer-turned-singer S-X (AKA Sam Gumbley) can survey his kingdom. His dad’s place is round the corner; the high-rise block where his two daughters live with their mum is visible through a gap in the trees.
Gumbley’s gold and silver records from producing for the likes of Childish Gambino and Chance the
Rapper line the walls of his modest home studio, but we are a long way from the city skylines where many of his rap-royalty collaborators live. Yet the 28-year-old wouldn’t have it any other way. He might have signed a major record deal during lockdown but this estate, he assures me, is home.