It has only just begun for the United Kingdom ’s eighteen-year-old rapper, producer and songwriter, Kid Rad, but so far so good.

Having first delved into music at the age of thirteen, it took a couple of years for him to take his perspicuity seriously. “It wasn't until I was fifteen that people started getting interested in it, so, I guess I was about that age when I realized it’s something I’m actually quite good at!”

His talent came naturally and was honed by diligently teaching himself. “I learnt drums for about two years, but other than that, I’ve had no other formal training,” he says, “just lots of hours spent learning in front of a computer and watching other people in the studio.”

It didn’t take long for his self-illuminating rhymes to catch blaze throughout the underground circuits in the West Midlands . “My personal life, family life and childhood comes across in my songs,” he says, “and to be honest I'd rather people hear me talk about it all through my music. Anyone who knows me will say I’m addicted to making music. I'm on it all the time making, listening to or promoting it. I love doing it. Obviously, I would love to make a successful career out of it, but, first and foremost, it’s a way to express myself and spread that to other people. There are a lot of things I would like people to know, but I hope I've got five more albums left in me to get myself across.”

His music is what he describes as a blend of hip-hop, dance, electronica, drum and bass, rock and grime. “I think the fact that I mix lots of different genres together and also use strong themes and concepts in my songs separates me from the rest. I see a lot of artists out there, not just in hip-hop, who have tons of different musical influences but only a few of them really come through in their music. I'd like to think I make tracks for people with different tastes whilst always keeping it original and most importantly, credible.”

Taking a hands-on approach to his career, he produces and programs his own music with the help of his engineer, Lunatrix.

“I've just finished my debut album 'Disturbing The Sequence' so, at the minute, we're busy scheduling the release of that for June 2009,” he explains. “That’s coming out on OYM records.”

Excited about garnering quite a bit of radio play and a live-session performance on BBC Radio 2, he is thinking ahead for how he’ll leave his mark in the industry, “In the short term, I'd obviously like to get my music out there to as many people as possible and cross a few more artists off the list of ones I'd like to work with, but in the long term I'd like to start developing artists in a similar way to how I was taken on as a development artist by my label.”

“Everything’s worth a try” he says, reflecting on the way he lives his life. “I think that applies to a lot of people in the music ‘biz as well, there’s nothing to lose from giving something a go. So why not try it?”