LISTEN: Council leader releases rap track - and the response may surprise you...
Last updated 23rd May 2025
Have you heard about the rapping council leader?
Well, listen out for the musical MSP!
As local authority leader Euan Jardine released his track, Little Man, on online streaming platform Spotify, we asked local politicians for their reaction - and got an interesting response...
Click on the link below to view our video report...
Councillor Jardine, who represents Galashiels and District on Scottish Borders Council, said: "I’m sure some will say they didn’t have it on their bingo card for 2025, the council leader making a rap track, but this is who I am, I’m not hiding who I am.
"Rap gets a really bad rep for what it is. A lot of people think it’s violent, no. Rap is one of the purest forms of lyricism in the world, if not the purest, for me."
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The former international hill runner is also planning to release an album called Shepherd’s Son.
He said: "My dad was a shepherd, I’m also a Christian and Jesus is a shepherd. So there’ll be a whole introspective album, and hopefully, who knows, performing at the MacArts or Volunteer Hall soon."
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