DRS

Decades into a remarkable career that has spanned seven albums and countless pieces of honest, inward, and elegantly narrated music, it’s only now that DRS is sharing music with the world that is the purest reflection of himself.

DRS (Dirty Rap Scallion) is a British rapper, born Delroy Pottinger. He was one third of UK hip hop trio, Broke ‘n’ £nglish, and has collaborated with the likes of Calibre, Marcus Intalex, Lynx, LTJ Bukem, Icicle and LSB. His music is the sound of an artist becoming a master of his domain, a wry look at life underpinned by honesty and great writing.

As a creative he works across different disciplines: music, film and art.His success as an artist boils down to his refusal to speak on anything other than his truths, something that listeners can identify with, this is highlighted by three award wins at the Drum& Bass awards: Best MC, Best Vocalist and he featured on the Still Standing Remix which was awarded best remix.

He is the go-to host for some of the finest that electronic music has to offer, from Calibre to Toddla T. In the 1990s, he landed a spot as the resident MC at Club Xtreme and came into contact with drum and bass artist LTJ Bukem and rapper MC Conrad. At the time, DRS was one of only a few rappers who could keep up with the fast speed of drum and bass, going on to appear on many of Bukem’s tracks.

DRS’ Manchester movements also saw his Broke’N’£nglish hip hop collective support the likes of Jurassic 5, Mobb Deep and Wu Tang Clan in the 90s. After releasing his debut LP’Grown Man Biznizz’ in 2011, he quickly followed up with his sophomore album in the form of ‘I Don’t Like Usually MC’s But…’ a year later, featuring collaborations with the likes of Dub Phizix, Calibre, dBridge, Lenzman and, S.P.Y. Then, in2015, DRS released ‘Mid Mic Crisis’, his third extended body of work. It was this album that acted as host to ‘The View’, a collaboration with LSB and Tyler Daley which has since established itself as one of the most iconic drum and bass tracks of the past decade.

Following a quieter release period, 2019 saw DRS release two albums in the space of twelve months. First, the Manchester-based wordsmith released ‘From The Deep’, a hip-hop soul project on his own Space Cadet imprint, before dropping his first collaborative project with LSB in the shape of ‘The Blue Hour’. In 2020, DRS and fellow MC Dynamite signed to Hospital Records as a duo, with this period seeing the pair release their ‘Playing In The Dark’LP.

Most recently, DRS has released 2 albums by the name of ‘Light Language’ in 2021 and‘Del-Rok-Ski’ in 2022, the latter of which was released on Shogun Audio.On top of his non-stop writing schedule DRS keeps the diary busy with club shows and festivals all over the UK and Europe including 2023 performances at Waterworks Festivaland Boomtown Fair, a full band live show at Islington Assembly Hall in London as well as a trip down under appearing at Northern Bass Festival in New Zealand