It was the paean to his backpack that swung it. Jihan Bowes-Little’s ode to his bag, entitled “Goldman Rucksack”. The adrenalin rush the young American banker experienced retelling his dilemma – whether to wear his bag with the bank’s logo facing inward, unseen, or outwards and clearly visible – was his first public performance. It was there in that small west London venue that he decided to pursue a secret life as a hip-hop artist called Metis.
一切都始於吉漢•鮑斯-利特爾(Jihan Bowes-Little,見上圖)那首寫給自己揹包的歌——《高盛揹包》(Goldman Rucksack)。第一次公開表演時,這名年輕的美國銀行家只感到腎上腺素在體內奔湧。那次表演的內容是用說唱的形式向觀衆講述自己曾經面臨的兩難境地:是該將自己揹包上的高盛標誌朝向內側讓人看不見,還是該朝向外側讓人一目瞭然地看到呢?正是在那個位於倫敦西部的表演會場,他下定決心,以Metis的藝名開始了一段隱祕的嘻哈藝人生涯。