Overview

• Sloth says he left home after a family fallout at 16 and began sleeping on park benches without telling anyone.
• He recalls climbing the fence at St Martin’s Gardens in Camden to sleep there after the park closed each night.
• A Centrepoint worker approached him in the park, and he says the charity’s support was instrumental in helping him move forward.
• He later became a father at 22 and describes living in a garden shed without sanitation while working long hours and struggling to afford essentials.
• The broadcaster created Fire In The Booth, previously hosted BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra shows, left the BBC in 2018 after an outburst, and moved the series to Apple Music in 2019 with guests including Stormzy, Bugzy Malone and Drake.