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Saul Williams

Angus Batey, Dazed & Confused, August 2001

SAUL WILLIAMS runs his hand through his dreadlocked mane and grins. Fighting off a heavy cold a few hours before his first UK headline show, the LA-based, New York state-bred rapper, poet, actor and musical orchestrator is recalling some of the conversations he had with legendary hip hop producer Rick Rubin while the two of them were working on Williams' new debut album, Amethyst Rockstar.

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