On my radar: Akala’s cultural highlights

The rapper, presenter and author on the album he’s listening to a lot, Idris Elba’s mean side, and the enduring power of TupacKingslee James McLean Daley, better known as Akala, 38, is a rapper, author, activist and poet from Kentish Town, north London. In 2006 he won a Mobo for best hip-hop act; in 2009, founded the Hip-hop Shakespeare Company; and in 2015 won a Bafta for a BBC Two series about Romantic poetry. His publications include 2018’s bestselling Natives: Race and Clas