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Recordiad Sain / Audio Recording: James Straughan (AKA Daddy J)
Straughan, James (Daddy J)
(Interviewer)
Barrett, Kaptin
(Interviewer)
Interviewed for the exhibition 'Hip Hop: A Welsh Story'.
Growing up between Penarth and London in the early 80s. Starting in Punk and New Wave before discovering Hip hop. Early Hip hop scene in Cardiff. Hip hop and football Casuals fashion. Football hooliganism. Forming Potato Skinz and Cardiff Hip hop scene in the mid to late 90s. Mixtapes. Moving to Detroit and becoming a Goth.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2025.41.37
Historical Associations
Association Type: Locality of the evidence
Date: 1980s - 1990s
Place: Caerdydd | Cardiff
Creation/Production
Rapper and founding member of Potato Skinz with Dregz and Kaptin
DJ and Hip Hop Co-ordinator working at Amgueddfa Cymru from 2022-2025.
Role: Interviewee
Role: Interviewer
Place: Caerdydd | Cardiff
Period: 2024
Acquisition
Made-in-House, 10/9/2025
Measurements
running time:00.34.20
Techniques
Digidol | born digital
Location
In store
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