0:00:02 > 0:00:03You ready?
0:00:06 > 0:00:07# Traemondo... #
0:00:09 > 0:00:13- You all right?- Yeah.- How was school? - It was fine today.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- What did you have? - I had pizza, chips and beans.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18I meant lessons.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# Oi, are you ready for this? #
0:00:20 > 0:00:21I'm Traemondo.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23I'm only 11 years old,
0:00:23 > 0:00:27but one day I'm going to be the UK's biggest grime artist.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Nothing can stop me, really.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Music's like 90% of my life right now.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39I'm always in my room jamming to music, listening to new beats,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42writing bars, cos it's just something I love
0:00:42 > 0:00:45and it's something that I can relate to as well.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47# The summer's mine
0:00:47 > 0:00:49# I love it when the sun shines and I'm on my bike... #
0:00:49 > 0:00:51By the time I'm, like, 16,
0:00:51 > 0:00:55I will know, like, most of the things in the music industry,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and I'll, like, be almost number one.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00That's where I'm aiming for.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03You have to think big to be big.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06# From Notts to Atlanta... #
0:01:06 > 0:01:07'I've got the best flow.'
0:01:07 > 0:01:08# Traemondo... #
0:01:08 > 0:01:10'I've got the best wave.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12'No-one's going to take my swag.'
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Trae, stop daydreaming.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Help me with the shopping.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20'My mum might think it's a dream
0:01:20 > 0:01:23'but I'm turning this fantasy into reality.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27'I've got one of the biggest performances I've ever done
0:01:27 > 0:01:28'in a week's time,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31'and I want to prove to my family that I can make it big.'
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Hey, you didn't take all your medicines today.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Yeah, I know.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Cos I was on an empty stomach.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40'But my biggest challenge of them all is my condition
0:01:40 > 0:01:42'called ulcerative colitis.'
0:01:42 > 0:01:45# What you know? What you know about colitis? #
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51It takes place in your colon and, basically,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54you can have a lot of bleeding in your colon
0:01:54 > 0:01:56and that makes you go toilet a lot,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58and you can have blood in your stools
0:01:58 > 0:02:01and you can get flare ups every so often,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04where your bowel starts getting angry,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06and then you start passing more blood.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12One, two, three, four, five, six tablets.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15I've also got these sachets which I have to take twice a day,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17so it's really annoying.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19If my health isn't good then I can't do music,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23so that's why I try my best to take my medication.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- What about a banana, Trae? - No, I'm all right.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Blueberries?- I said I'm fine.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31- Orange?- No.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33# Let's talk about life... #
0:02:33 > 0:02:35When I was diagnosed, it was really upsetting,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39and then since then I pretty much was in the bed every day,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I didn't want to talk to anybody, communicate,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I didn't want to eat or drink anything.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49And so that's when my dad and mum were getting really worried for me,
0:02:49 > 0:02:50so they started saying,
0:02:50 > 0:02:55"Trae, why don't you start writing down your feelings instead?"
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Like, the feelings I wrote in the hospital,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I kind of used them to start writing my music,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03and then ever since then I've started communicating
0:03:03 > 0:03:07with people more as well. Now, I'm just trying my best to, like...
0:03:08 > 0:03:10..to, like, um...
0:03:10 > 0:03:15fight it and kind of try and win the battle, really.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17'My music helps me express my feelings,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19'but it's good to have friends around
0:03:19 > 0:03:21'who know what I'm going through.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24'So that's why I've invited them tonight to have some fun.'
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- BOYS:- Trae, Trae, Trae!
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Traemondo! Traemondo! Traemondo! Traemondo!
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Traemondo! Traemondo! - THEY GIGGLE
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Get me. What do you think we'll do tonight, then?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Popcorn. Xbox.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Do you lot know this song?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Did you think that you would get this far?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Well, obviously, when I started,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47I went in the studio and I actually cried
0:03:47 > 0:03:50because I thought it was too hard. I didn't want to do it.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51But then I kept going.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53So I never thought I was going to get this far.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Music is kind of what got my mind off colitis.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Like, I've had Dizzee Rascal shouting me out
0:04:00 > 0:04:02and things like that.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04That really encouraged me to keep going on.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Really, really hard.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Yeah. I find it really difficult.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11It's not nice seeing Trae with colitis because, like,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15you can't do, like, the stuff that you used to do with him,
0:04:15 > 0:04:16like play football and everything.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18When I heard about it I started crying,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21cos I didn't know what was going to happen in the future.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24So it was just heartbreaking seeing...
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Just heartbreaking.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It was hard seeing Trae suffer,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31because he wasn't coming to school and we wasn't really seeing him,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34cos he was always going to the hospital or coming back, hospital,
0:04:34 > 0:04:35- coming back.- Yeah.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- I think we can be best friends forever.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41THEY RAP
0:04:48 > 0:04:51# If you wanna have a good life you gotta start from young... #
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I haven't got long till my big performance now,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56and I've got all sorts to do.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I've got to make up a new track,
0:04:58 > 0:05:02I've got to push my social media and keep people interested.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04All with the help of my dad.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- What are we working on today? - Well, I'm sending the DM to Stylo G,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12actually, to see if he can come maybe to my gig or to the studio
0:05:12 > 0:05:15on Sunday and see, like, if he can give me some words of wisdom
0:05:15 > 0:05:16or maybe do a track.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Who else have you tried to get through to?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I've contacted Dizzee Rascal, um...
0:05:21 > 0:05:23And now I'm doing Stylo G.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26The more I've been doing my music, the more I've been, like,
0:05:26 > 0:05:30having interviews and more performances and stuff.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33I started with, like, 15-people performances
0:05:33 > 0:05:36and then it grew to, like, 100 people.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39And that's how I started building my fan base
0:05:39 > 0:05:42and, pretty much, I'm getting more followers every day,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46and just carrying on telling the story of Traemondo.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48'All my plans will have to go on hold for now,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51'because today I've got school as well as my hospital appointment.'
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Trae.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56'I don't really like going to the doctor's, anyway,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59'because, like, it's not really a nice experience.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02'I have to go back in and have checkups,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05'and it reminds me that I'm still coping with the condition
0:06:05 > 0:06:08'as well as everything else I'm doing.'
0:06:08 > 0:06:10So when was the last time you had blood in your poo?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- I can't remember.- Really?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- No pain, no diarrhoea. - Nothing at all?- No.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16OK. Fantastic.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18It's very important that Trae takes his medicines.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20You mustn't ignore those symptoms,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23you mustn't just hope that it's going to disappear by itself,
0:06:23 > 0:06:24because it won't.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26A third of patients will lose their bowel
0:06:26 > 0:06:27if you've got ulcerative colitis.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31So I'm not saying Trae's inevitably going to lose his large bowel,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34but there is a realistic chance of that happening.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I think the next few months are crucially important.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39'Obviously it gets in the way of things.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43'I just really want to get to PE and do something I actually enjoy
0:06:43 > 0:06:46'instead of sitting down in front of my consultant
0:06:46 > 0:06:47'and hearing him nagging on
0:06:47 > 0:06:50'about medicines and diseases and conditions.'
0:06:50 > 0:06:54I know you want to go play football, but this is important, yeah?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56It's important that we get you these things. You don't need to cry.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58OK, I think we should call that a day,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01and we want to see you fairly soon, in the next three weeks.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03# When the morning come
0:07:03 > 0:07:04# Out my bed... #
0:07:04 > 0:07:07The main focus from Monday to Friday is school,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10but when it comes to the weekend I've got my free time.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13That's why me and my dad have got up early,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16ready to go London and work on this new track.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Trae's, like, he's got me under real pressure to, like,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22produce these things for him on the weekend.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27I need to make sure I have something fresh for my gig that's coming up.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31# Life is so hard... #
0:07:31 > 0:07:34A kid's playground is usually at school, but this is my playground -
0:07:34 > 0:07:36this is home to me, really.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I could sleep in here, 24-7, and just work.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42That's just go for a test run.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43# Wicked and bad, man
0:07:43 > 0:07:45# Eight bars are wicked and bad, man
0:07:45 > 0:07:47# The MCs be chatting swag, man
0:07:47 > 0:07:48# But they're never gonna take my swag, man
0:07:48 > 0:07:50# You must be a madman... #
0:07:50 > 0:07:52'It's great having my dad as a manager,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54'cos I get to spend time with him.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57'He really helps push me when I'm not in the mood.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59'He's really like a super dad, really.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04'Sometimes I do give him a hard time when he's just trying his best
0:08:04 > 0:08:06'but, you know, that's just me.'
0:08:06 > 0:08:08# I've been bad from way, way, way back
0:08:08 > 0:08:10# Yeah, just go ask my dad... #
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I know you've got it in you, so give me some character now.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13- All right.- Yeah?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15# I'm bad and wicked
0:08:15 > 0:08:17# My flow you want, I'll give it
0:08:17 > 0:08:18# My rhymes are mine, no gimmicks
0:08:18 > 0:08:20# My rhymes are more than lyrics... #
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Go again, go again.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- You sure you're going to get it in, yeah?- Yeah.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27# Let me teach you something they owe me
0:08:27 > 0:08:29# I'll introduce you to the new flow, G... #
0:08:29 > 0:08:32That's a strong take. I'm happy with what I've got there.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35'After three hours of smashing through my new track,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37'I get a visit from Stylo G,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40'who me and my dad had e-mailed earlier in the week.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44'He's a reggae artist who has the kind of success I want one day.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47'I just can't believe he's turned up.'
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Wicked and bad!
0:08:48 > 0:08:51It's the simplest things that make the good tracks, isn't it?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Well done.- You like it? - The chorus is perfect.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56You can hear, like, it's going to be a sing-along.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Some part of the verses you're trying to put too much words in.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02So look at tightening up, and I think you have a wicked track.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05'I wasn't expecting him to spend so much time with me
0:09:05 > 0:09:07'to work on the track, so I'm gassed up
0:09:07 > 0:09:09'with his advice to make it better.'
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Ready? Try that.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12# Them man can't take my swag
0:09:12 > 0:09:13# You must be a madman... #
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Yeah, that's good. Much better.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Just, say, "Tell a MC, try, test."
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Simple. Just do that.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21# Tell a MC try, test... #
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Yeah, make it tighter. "Flows that beat them bad." Yeah?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27# I got flows that beat them bad... #
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Wicked and bad. Very talented youth.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31You're the future. Next generation.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Just a little bit of him tightening up the tune has made it sound ten
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- times as better.- When are you going to perform the track?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40I'm going to perform this this Saturday.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42The crowd want to see you.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Energy you give the crowd, they'll give you back that same energy.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50# When you hear me through your set you know I'm wicked and bad... #
0:09:50 > 0:09:51'The track's done now.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54'Now I've just got to get it locked into my head
0:09:54 > 0:09:55'and start rehearsing it,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57'and just get it on smash ready for my performance.'
0:10:05 > 0:10:08It's all come down to this day and I'm ready.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I'm feeling racing to get onto the stage.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Well, I don't really think that I've done too much for my age
0:10:17 > 0:10:19or anything like that.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22All I'm thinking is - "What am I going to do next?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26"How am I going to make things better in my music?"
0:10:26 > 0:10:30HE RAPS
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Well, I'm hoping this,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34and I think it will happen as well, 20 years' time,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37end up in LA or Miami,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40just with a massive mansion.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I'll have one in LA, one in Atlanta,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44one in Jamaica, one everywhere.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46That's the dream.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51I'll just be able to just lay down, relax on the beach, doing whatever.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07'When I'm backstage, just before I'm about to go on stage and perform,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10'I'm always feeling a bit nervous at times.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13'But I don't really like to say that to my dad or anything.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14'But I'm just excited.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18'I just want to give my best and get the crowd involved.'
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Artist goes by the name of Traemondo.
0:11:22 > 0:11:2411 years old.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Make some NOISE!
0:11:26 > 0:11:31'It felt everything was built up to this moment on stage.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34'I was nervous at the beginning but then I enjoyed it.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37'I hoped I was able to make my relatives happy.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40'I know music is the one thing
0:11:40 > 0:11:43'that is going to help me deal with my colitis.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46'However things turn out in life,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49'if I have music I can deal with anything.'
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Yeah, man, everybody was buzzing.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Everybody was shouting, "Traemondo," innit?- Yeah.- Yeah.- That's my name.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59That's your name, innit? So how are you feeling? Where are we going?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Can go wherever we want, really.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02- Yeah?- Yeah.- Sky's the limit?
0:12:02 > 0:12:03- Yeah, it is.- Sky's the limit.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I said it in my tracks.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Yeah, you said it in your track...
0:12:06 > 0:12:08# Live your life, follow your dream
0:12:08 > 0:12:10# Try do a single, try tings
0:12:10 > 0:12:13# What do you see through my eyes?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15# Don't follow, don't tell lies... #