Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has made a surprise cameo in a London gangster rap video.

The MP was walking home through an estate in Kennington, London when the cameras were rolling for the Limma Oboy video for UK Drill tune Embarrassing.

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Those in the video were masked, making gang signs and mimicking shooting a gun as they Mr Watson walked past.


In the video Mr Watson can clearly be seen giving the rappers the eye.

He told Metro.co.uk: ‘I was just walking home from work and had no idea I was walking through a video production.

‘I just thought it was the young guys on the estate larking about.’



Mr Watson was surprised as anyone when the video went online and people began commenting on his cameo.

Dudley Diane said: ‘Nice to see Tom Watson (deputy leader of the Labour party) strolling past. This could make him famous.’

And Armoured Rat added: ‘Tom Watson from the Labour Party makes a sly little cameo lolol.’

The video, which was uploaded over the summer, now has 173,174 views and over 3,000 comments.

Jeremy Corbyn and Grime star JME during the election for the #Grime4Corbyn campaign (Picture: Twitter)

Both Limma and Oboy are part of London’s Drill movement which young rappers include tales of drug-dealing, violence and gang-wars in their lyrics and videos.

After this year’s general election, Tom Watson publicly thanked grime and rap stars for their contribution to Labour’s campaign.

He said: ‘The social media campaigns like #Grime4Corbyn added huge excitement and urgency to our campaign.

Birmingham grime producers Reiss and Earl Parchment, aka The EnR Twinz, with Tom Watson MP. (Picture: Facebook)

‘I’ve never seen so many young people take part in an election.’

He added: ‘They have given us the energy and enthusiasm for the fight ahead.’

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