Hak Baker (born 1991) is a British singer and rapper from London.
Hak Baker was born in Luton to a Grenadian father and Jamaican mother, the fifth of nine kids.[1] Since the age of one he has lived on the Isle of Dogs.[2] As a child, he was a choirboy at Southwark Cathedral. Aged 14, he joined the rap group The Bomb Squad.[3] He dropped out of school aged 15. In his mid 20s he spent two years in jail for robbery.[4]
Baker performed musical collaborations with the Streets.[5] In 2022, he performed at Glastonbury festival.
In 2023 Baker recorded his first album, Worlds End FM.[6] NME featured the album in their lineup of the "10 best debut albums released in 2023," praising it for introducing Baker as a "21st Century troubadour speaking to modern problems with empathy and requisite anger”.[7]
Baker's musical style is influenced by grime music, reggae and punk rock.[8] In addition to his singing and rapping talents, he is a skilled guitarist.[9]
Baker supports left-wing political causes. He has criticised the gentrification of working class areas by yuppies and middle class hipster subculture.[10] He also opposes the Tories' attempts to deport refugees to Rwanda, and has compared it to the discrimination faced by the Windrush generation.[11][12]