Is Kerser The Hardest Working Hustler In Australian Hip Hop?

"I don't really care,” says Scott 'Kerser' Barrow. “I don't think Aussie artists really dig the music so much. They can't relate to it, but then again I could never relate to their music. I think as far as the hustler side of things I'm still getting my music out there without any airplay. They can't deny that I've hustled the hardest.”

Indeed, without radio play Barrow has relied on his internet reputation to cultivate a love-hate relationship across the homegrown hip hop market. His second album No Rest For The Sickest topped the ARIA Urban charts and his latest, S.C.O.T. (Sickest Cunt Out There) released last October is moving significant units on iTunes.

There is the other side to that coin, stemming from the attention Barrow draws from his craft by ruffling feathers of fellow MCs, most notably those of Melbourne MC 360. That, and Barrow's indifference to what he calls a barbecue rap style of summer stories and political rhetoric..

“Where I'm from people don't wanna hear that shit. That's not making a difference where I'm from,” he stresses. “People over here are struggling and that's why my shit has kinda blown up because it's a refreshing sound and something they can actually understand and relate to. I've had people that have said to me, 'Oh I don't like a lot of Aussie hip hop but I love your shit'. So I'm the first to break away from that shit and give these people something they can relate to.”

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