Wonderland.

Stefflon Don wears Mugler

"I think the biggest obstacle was developing

a really strong team around me. I feel like

music is not just about how good you are

personally, it’s more about your team and

what they do. That’s why sometimes you’ll

see certain people saying, ‘Ah they’re really

good, but why ain't they there? Why ain't

they there?’ I’ve learned along the way that

the team is almost as important as the talent."

“Even DJ Khalid told me I'm the best/You

think I'm lying?” Five years after the release

of her 2016 hit single “Real Ting,” it’s become

glaringly obvious Stefflon Don wasn’t lying.

Nor was DJ Khalid. In the last few years, the

lyrical genius has bagged a million-dollar

record deal with Universal, three more-than-

deserved MOBO nominations and collaborated

with some of the industry’s biggest stars –

from Drake to Doja Cat. Staggeringly, all before

dropping her sophomore album. Now with new

genre-bending EP “Island 54” on the horizon,

Don is picking up where she left off and

continuing her catapult to superstardom as

rap’s fiercest, and most versatile contender.

Covering our Summer issue, Don talks to

Dancehall’s King, Beenie Man, about the biggest

obstacles she’s faced in her career, that on-stage

surprise with Lil’ Kim, the importance of

empowering Jamaican artists and how you’re

only as strong as your team.

In conversation with Beenie Man

Photographed by Bartek Szmigulski

Styled by Toni-Blaze Ibekwe

Hair by Wiggin It

Makeup by Summar Hunjan

Editorial Director Huw Gwyther

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