Mixing hip-hop attitude with pop production and a background in folky, acoustic
storytelling, Maverick Sabre was dubbed the Irish Plan B when he first appeared
on the scene in 2011. Born in London, but raised in County Wexford, Ireland,
Matthew Stafford started out MCing as 15-year-old and took his stage name by
flicking through a thesaurus and finding words that seemed appropriate and
matched his initials. He cut his teeth working with Irish rappers Terawirzt and
Nu-Centz but, restricted by the smallness of the country's urban music scene, he
moved back to England in 2008 and re...