has had a career filled with intense highs and troublesome lows, but when CLASH catches him in the summer of 2026, we’re witnessing an artist assuming form. With his debut studio album, ‘’, hitting the ether, the Peckham rapper has a fresh perspective on his life and career.

PS has had a different come-up to most. Spending much of his early years in a state of flux, the rapper managed to funnel his latent creativity into writing and performance. PS pinpoints an early memory, when he was asked by his teacher to write a poem. “I just remember the feeling of euphoria,” he recalls. “I loved putting words together, playing with words, and double entendres. I loved performing to family members and showing them what I’ve got in the locker. It all came naturally to me.”

PS finetuned his lucid, technical lyricism as part of Peckham-originated collective Zone 2, rapping alongside Kwengface, Trizzac, Karma, Snoop & LR. Across road rap tracks like ‘’, ‘Sticks and Stones’ and ‘’, and appearances on Fire In The Booth and Fumez The Engineer’s Plugged In series, the algorithm took PS beyond drill to a broader audience.

In 2022, PS was sentenced to prison for drug-related offences, missing out on the hype of his debut mixtape ‘’. A concerted effort to change the trajectory of his life came from hours of “looking in the mirror and seeing the good and bad sides.” Having lost so much time in prison, “the value of freedom was amplified.”

Now, PS is luxuriating in the promise of a new era he calls “post-drill”. “I want to show the fans what growth looks like,” he says. “I want to show them the diversity and the versatility.” Drill will always be a part of his DNA, but PS wants to take his sound somewhere new. “I want to make good music rather than just jump on the same beat talking about the same, old stuff.”

Recent single, ‘’, exemplifies this creative evolution, taking post-punk cues and melding it with melodic rap. It’s this streak of experimentation coupled with a searing conceptual exploration of internalised trauma, institutionalisation and the ongoing quest for freedom, that sets PS apart from his peers. 

‘Life On Licence’ also sees contributions from US producers, including Chicago drill legend DJ L, Jayco and Thankutimmy, making for a sound that bridges homegrown influences with the street-level rap popularised by his Stateside peers. PS doesn’t want to keep things local; for him worldwide success is an inevitability. “I don’t want to restrict something like a dream. I want to take this thing global.”