Being a son of 2 cultures (his mother is from Jamaica and his father an Englishman) he managed to combine a deep emotional voice with proper and precise language. His songs are usually political and patriotic, although containing some funny stuff. Once an underground rapper who worked with, among others De La Soul and Mark Ronson, Ben “Doc Brown” Smith put down one mic and picked up another in 2008 after working as a “slang consultant” on a Lenny Henry sitcom, Rudy's Rare Records for BBC Radio 4.