Joker Starr - Sidenote

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Joker Starr’s hardscrabble rap music feels like it was recorded inside a worn-out winter coat. He hails from Slough, a commuter town just west of London known for its aggressively grey skies and proximity to the planes, trains, and motorways that take you anywhere else. In December 2024, UK property website Rightmove surveyed 35,000 people about their hometowns and dubbed Slough “the most miserable place to live in Britain.” That kind of sensationalism generates clicks and a couple of days’ worth of online chatter, but doesn’t portray the resilience that’s deeply embedded in the residents of these downtrodden burgs. The press blurb for