The lyrical flows of north London’s most eloquent rapper have caused quite a stir online.

Dave in Charge, real name David Palmer, released his latest single Habitat last week – recorded at his parents’ suburban home in Golders Green and shot on leafy Hampstead Heath.

Being the grandson of Lord and Lady Palmer of Childs Hill has drawn questions on his ‘gangsta rap’ credentials.


Dave’s song, Habitat, explores the fragility of the environment and human existence (Picture: Dave In Charge/YouTube)

But as his website explains: ‘Dave’s quirky, mould-breaking delivery and content upsets the status quo.

‘He challenges preconceptions of who you might expect to be a rap artist and also what a rap song can be about.’



With a childhood dominated by politics he says he first related to the issues that American artists like Eminem were rapping about.

Dave In Charge combines his quirky delivery with more traditional facets of a rap song (Picture: Dave In Charge/YouTube)

Dismissed as ‘excruciating’, ‘posh’ and ‘privileged’, the rapper’s videos seem to have drawn more criticism than praise.

But with a track record for quirky rap videos and a background in internet marketing, perhaps the 25-year-old just knows how to cause a few ripples in the pond…

His first album, Pangaea, will follow later in the year. Apparently.