One Barcelonian Shot: Slim Safont
“Look. If you had one shot or one opportunity. Would you capture it or just let it slip?” In 2002, Slim Shady aka Eminem’s alter-ego, violently shared his angst which moved a chord in each and every one of us, rap aficionado or not. To one Barcelonian, that song was a life changer. Overheard over the ringtone of his cousin’s mobile when he was just 11 years old, Nil Safont felt a strong connection with that music and a strong urge to question social conventions. A year later, Slim Safont captured that one shot. He started running his first tags at the age of 12 under Slim Shady, and pretty soon he was better known as Slim. Everyone called me that, even my mother, and no matter how much I wanted to change my name, I couldn’t – I had already written it all over the place and people had seen it too much. I met Nil/Slim virtually, and prior to that, I connected with his work. Across the Mediterranean Sea that connects Barcelona to Beirut, that connects his world to mine, he o