Knucks Covers Rollacoaster Magazine's Autumn/Winter 2025 Issue

Knucks Covers Rollacoaster Magazine's Autumn/Winter 2025 IssueStorytellings Not Dead Knucks is finally telling his own. For over a decade, our AW25 cover star, Afamefuna Ashley Nwachukwu, has been UK raps quiet constant MOBO winning, chart scaling, culture shifting yet always writing from the shadows. From grime 16s in the playground to the cinematic grit of Alpha Place, Knucks has built a career on chronicling the life he lived. Now, with A Fine African Man, he turns the lens inwardreconnecting with Nigeria,

Make-up by Tonya Brewer

Grooming by Kristen Shaw at The Wall Group

Styling by Lily Bling

Dreaming’s not dead—Asha Banks is currently living out her own

but nothing worth having

I am very blessed to have a really wonderful tribe

is leaning into her most important role to date: herself

Hair by Eph The Barber at Carol Hayes Management

I know myself and I understand the industry a lot better than before working in it

Make-up by Misha Shahzada at A-Frame Agency

mental health

career goals and finding her own voice