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.
一切都始于吉汉•鲍斯-利特尔(Jihan Bowes-Little,见上图)那首写给自己背包的歌——《高盛背包》(Goldman Rucksack)。第一次公开表演时,这名年轻的美国银行家只感到肾上腺素在体内奔涌。那次表演的内容是用说唱的形式向观众讲述自己曾经面临的两难境地:是该将自己背包上的高盛标志朝向内侧让人看不见,还是该朝向外侧让人一目了然地看到呢?正是在那个位于伦敦西部的表演会场,他下定决心,以Metis的艺名开始了一段隐秘的嘻哈艺人生涯。