Our Team
Meet the Rap Therapy Family.
Bhishma ‘Proph’
Proph (Bhishma Asare) is a rapper who was raised in Thornton Heath and considered “The rapper, next in line”. With his phenomenal wordplay and unique musical flow, he explains through his music what he experiences and has seen on a day to day basis, making him one of the most relatable artists to come out of such an area. He is an independent unsigned artist and funds his own music creations with a close team of people.
The media have also been fond of Proph including The Metro newspaper as they wrote an exclusive feature on him talking against knife crime on his song “Blue Tears”. He has experience performing at Croydon Box Park, Notting Hill Carnival, BBC Radio, plus more.
Malcolm ‘TubbyBoy’
A multi-award winning rapper, producer and song writer, Tubby Boy is a prolific wordsmith who combines conscious lyricism with hard hitting productions.
Since the age of 17 Tubby has been performing on stages across the world for over 10 years and has released over 40 music videos and 5 albums/EPs. Simultaneously, Tubby has been working in the youth sector alongside his music career, teaching music production, song writing and holding monthly events with guest speakers and performers. As a key member of the Rap Therapy team, Tubby wants to spark inspiration in these incredible young people and encourage them to chase their dreams and become the best possible version of themselves.
Charlotte
Charlotte Gosling is an Actor, Poet and Singer from South London, who has recently written her first poetry book. She studied Musical Theatre at The BRIT School and then went on to study acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. While studying Charlotte has sung at many different events mainly working with a live band.
Charlotte found comfort in writing growing up; it allowed her to channel her emotions and build her confidence as an individual. She hopes to pass on her creative writing abilities to young people, so they can also experience the benefits of creative writing. Charlotte wants to educate the youth and share her own experiences with them in the industry.
Mikey ‘MICS’
Mikey aka MICS had always grown up listening to rap. He was inspired by the technical ability of his favourite artists from a young age, but hadn’t taken up writing seriously, until he decided to study Rap at the Academy of Contemporary Music. While going through a particularly difficult chapter of his life, he discovered writing about his issues could put things into perspective and give him the space to reflect on life events before deciding how to continue forward.
Encouraged by his personal progress and the empowerment from therapeutic writing, Mikey works alongside Rap Therapy, helping young people express themselves in order for them to understand that they can use rap to understand who they are in more depth, work through life’s problems and grow.
KS Moretime
D’Sean ‘KS MoreTime’ Boswell is an exciting young rapper who resides in Croydon. ‘KS’ is an abbreviation for the man, ‘King Sovereign’ the music ‘Killer Sound’ (a blend of early noughties hip-hop and dance music, sprinkled with contemporary sounds such as Afro-swing and Drill). ‘KS MoreTime’ a profound rapper from Croydon works with Rap Therapy to help young people learn how to positively express themselves. Using music as a means of expression himself, he stands by the message “Keep Striving” for not only himself but also the younger generation.
N8 Radderz
Nate is a DJ, Music Producer and Rapper. Having signed to international music agency “Gifted” based in the Netherlands at the age of 18, Nate travelled the world to DJ at festivals and night clubs alongside artists such as Artful Dodger, Jay Haraway, Oliver Heldens and more. He then returned back to the UK to teach music production and DJing to children with sensory impairments, whilst helping the school system in South London to train music teachers to grade DJing as an instrument at GCSE level.
Since then Nate now throws events across South London using his music production skills and rapping, dropping his first major project in the summer of 2024.
Deborah
Started singing from an early age at home and in church, Deborah extended her passion to song writing and poetry. Alongside this, she then formed and was a part of the RnB group “Tastee” in the early 90s. Performing at various local events. Deborah is fervent about the future of our young children and has demonstrated this in having over 10 years of work experience as a children, young people and family practitioner.
At Lancaster university Deborah completed her (OPD) offender personality disorder management course. Which then lead her to working with young offenders and adults leaving custody. Deborah is able to use her passion and experience in music to align with her work with children and young people for positive therapeutic outcomes.
Jordan
Jordan is a music producer and sound engineer from Southwest London. He has been awarded with a Level 3 BTEC qualification in Music Technology and he has also graduated university with a BA Honour’s in Music Business and Arts Management. He has previously managed a music YouTube page for his instrumentals, and a beat store website where his instrumentals were available for purchase.
Jordan has ten years of experience in music, where he first learnt how to use Logic Pro in college. Jordan’s music has appeared on different streaming platforms as he has produced instrumentals for, YouTube shows, freestyles and songs for several independent artists. He has recently played a major part in producing and engineering a Gospel E.P known as ‘Unveiling’ by completely mixing and mastering three songs and producing the instrumentals for every song on the E.P.
Katie ‘D-Klastro’
Katie is an events instructor, workshop leader, artist, blogger and overall creative.
She has performed her own Spoken Word poetry at many London venue showcases: Dean Atta & Deanna Rodger's "Come Rhyme With Me", Leytonstone Arts Trail, Noteworthy, Lyric Hammersmith, Royal Festival Hall, Deal Real Records relaunch Carnaby, Free Word Centre, Costa coffee, Bussey Building, Surrey/Brunel University, Passing Clouds - Lyrically Challenged, Silver Bullet, BoxPark and Rich Mix.
Her University Placement at Rich Mix in Shoreditch, gave her the confidence and platform towards performing her own written work. She discusses various topics ranging from our city humour, UK lifestyles to broader societal issues. In addition, she won a big cash prize via the Guestlist Network publication's ‘Cash Genie’ competition, coming up with their “Wittiest Rhyme”.
Dellz
Derick, also known as ‘YD’ or ‘Dellz’ is a young rapper who was born and raised in Brixton Hill, South London. Since the age of 16, Dellz has been rapping in school with his friends, rapping about real life experiences and brings a new flavour to rap in general as he raps over drill beats delivering positive messages. Dellz has a unique flow, phenomenal wordplay and has a catchy flow which is able to entice his listeners.
Darryl Knights ‘DKnights’
Darryl is a music producer / guitarist / pianist & music tutor from South London. He is awarded with a BTEC National Certificate in Music Technology and a RSL Diploma for Music Practitioners in Creative Music and Production. His love for music production has spanned over several years, and he has created music for current & upcoming artists.
Darryl also runs a Music Production Club, within an after school facility in his local community. He teaches the children music programming, recording and sequencing skills using Logic, a music software program.
“I use my professional and social interactional skills to relay a positive and expressive understanding to the students & team of Rap Therapy.”
Board Members
Kamaria
Kamaria is a passionate Primary School Teacher in a well-regarded Multi Academy Trust in the South of England. She completed a BA (Hons) in Primary Education in 2012 followed by a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and most recently, a Masters Degree in Education.
Kamaria’s natural aptitude for pedagogy, strong language and communication skills and creative flair were quickly recognised, resulting in her being elevated to a leadership role as the Head of Oracy across KS1 and KS2. As the Oracy Lead, Kamaria is working to develop, implement and embed strategies designed to improve children's speaking and listening skills, thereby supporting them to better express themselves fluently and grammatically in speech.
Kamaria is looking forward to utilising her existing skills, knowledge and experience to support Rap Therapy’s innovative workshops within schools. She is keen to help encourage young people to use language to creatively articulate their thoughts, and positively express their emotions and ideas through music.
Tosin
Tosin Haastrup (BSc, University of Kent) studied Business Information Technology at Kent University where he solidified his understanding of fundamental Business concepts through Information Technology, but also grew a strong understanding of how Technology can be used to help young people.
Soon after completing his degree, he joined ‘Accenture’ as a Technology Architect and has helped countless clients across multiple industries (Financial Services, Health & Public Services, Aerospace & Defense) designing sustainable Technology solutions. Working closely with Rap Therapy, his goal is to understand and develop innovative technology with the aims to help students benefit from Rap Therapy’s services.
Nicole
Nicole is a child counsellor who works with children from the ages of 5-18 years. Once Nicole began her career working with children, she never looked back. She’s had many success stories with children and wishes to see this continuously develop.
Nicole has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Counselling and further went on to develop her skill set with Place 2 Be. Seeing children overcome their obstacles was priceless for Nicole, which encouraged her to do more and support children through founding a counselling service, ‘Eden’s Promise’. As well as launching a magazine ‘My Tea’ (Therapy Equates to Awareness) which focuses on making therapy accessible to all children, parents, and carers in a new dimension. Nicole works closely with Rap Therapy, advising them on current mental health issues surrounding young people and the development of their mental health indicators.
Shantel
Shantel is an experience teacher, which she has been teaching over 14 years. She is from South London. Her passion for music has been from a young age. In 2016, she lost her best friend to cancer and to help with her emotions, she began to write her own songs to do with education. This led her to do live performances using her stage name, ‘MC Teacher’. She has experience performing at Notting Hill Carnival, family fun days, school pantos, school assemblies and open mic nights. She would like to inspire more children and young people to have a positive relationship with music and she believes being part of Rap Therapy will help with this. In addition, she would like to bring something back to the community and to help with mental health awareness.