Some call him J-Silver; some call him Jonathan Findlater… and others simply know him as ‘Jay’. He calls himself a lyricist – ‘Da Soul Lyricist’, to be exact.

J-Silver has only been scribbling and spitting lines for two years so far. But in that short time, he has acquired a reputation as one of the sharpest wordsmiths British hip hop has to offer.

“My main inspiration is the Gospel and trying to spread it,” says Jay. ”What I try to do is not be too preachy, but simply talk about the every...