Kiwi rapper Tourettes with his mum, Vicky King. Photo / Milana Radojcic
Opinion
Vicky King reviews a concert by her son, Kiwi rapper Tourettes, and remembers what got him started rapping in the first place.
I figured out Dominic liked words when he was a little kid. I remember when he was two years old, and he said, 'It's a blustery day today, isn't it?'
He used to write letters and little stories, and he liked performing. At primary school, he dressed up like Michael
Jackson and danced to that Beat It song onstage. He always used to wear a helmet, gloves and gumboots - and he wouldn't go out without them.
When he was at high school, he started to play punk music - that was the first thing he performed. He had a band and they were in that Smokefree contest. Back then it was punk, and he was the drummer - the words came later.
When he was older he won that Battle for Supremacy rap competition - he came straight home and told me, and he was really excited.
