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Premiere: Dej The Ego - "DeezPeez" (Produced by DTE)

Dej The Ego succeeds where other British hip hop artists have failed.

What does East London rapper, producer, and engineer Dej The Ego have that other artists don't? He's got a degree in clinical pyschology, for a start. On a musical tip though, he's somehow suceeded where others have failed: he's a British artist making hip-hop that isn't too indebted to the United States and manages to retain a sense of the identity witheld on these shores.

Back in July, Dej promised a new EP which hasn't yet arrived. So think of this new track, "DeezPeez", as a sort of taster until his debut release Good Rapping, Bad Singing drops in October. Listen below: