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Storytelling’s Not Dead… Knucks is finally telling his own.
For over a decade, our AW25 cover star, Afamefuna Ashley Nwachukwu, has been UK rap’s quiet constant – MOBO-winning, chart-scaling, culture-shifting – yet always writing from the shadows. From grime 16s in the playground to the cinematic grit of Alpha Place, Knucks has built a career on chronicling the life he lived.
Now, with A Fine African Man, he turns the lens inward—reconnecting with Nigeria, reclaiming Afam, and stitching together the story of who he was, who he is and who he’s becoming. In a scene stuck on repeat, he’s pushing the needle again, one razor-sharp bar and soul-soaked beat at a time.
The scene needed a spark. He came back with a story.
Photography by Simon Wheatley
Styling by Luci Ellis at A-Frame Agency
Words by Ben Tibbits
Grooming by Zateesha Barbour at LMC Worldwide
Photography Assistants Ilona Pataki, Mathias Obrzut
Fashion Assistant Faddy Velmi
Editor-in-Chief Ella West
Art Director Bethany Griffiths
Production Director Clemmie Hyde
