Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer

Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer

Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer is a UK chap hop and hip hop act from the United Kingdom. He works in a style that combines received pronunciation with hip-hop, and also uses acid house and acid ragtime influences.

Style and performance

He performs with a banjolele and presents himself with a stiff upper lip, using the chap hop format to reinterpret familiar hip-hop material. His lyrics focus on pipe-smoking, high society, cricket and sexual misadventure, alongside comic and mannered references to popular culture.

Concept and repertoire

Mr.B’s work is built around bringing manners back into popular culture while entertaining and amusing audiences. His performances include original ditties as well as reworked versions of well-known hip-hop pieces, recast in a chap hop style.