On 5 June 2024, Aswad was a guest on Tash LC. Aswad has been played on NTS over 80 times, featured on 76 episodes and was first played on 2 December 2012.

Aswad ("Black" in Arabic) are a long-lasting British reggae group, noted for adding strong R&B, soul, and soca influences to the reggae sound. They have been performing since the early 1970s, and have released a total of twenty-one albums.

As naturalised children of immigrants from the Caribbean, part of the aftermath of World War II, the children were moved to London. They attended a local high school near Ladbroke Grove, and various junior schools…