Rumour has it they said he didn’t “look like an emcee” for so long he chose the name Joe Publik.... Or it could be that Joe is his actual name and he couldn’t think of anything better. 
 Raised on Doggystyle, Black Sunday and The Score, he thought Hip Hop was exclusively American until he discovered Countryman by Skitz at the age of eighteen and started writing bars, some of his main influences include Guru, Tribe, Mos Def, Dilla, J5, Abdominal, Common, Pharcyde, Dabbla, Phi Life Cypher, Chester P and Jehst. 
 His debut LP is out now via Played Out Records. The album features a host of artists and musicians from Hip Hop’s thriving community here in the UK! Mostly people he’s met along the way, with the likes of, Res One (Split Prophets) Scorzayzee, Chillman and Lazy Habits to name a few.