I’ve been collaborating with “The Word” magazine since the beginning of the year and although i will never consider myself as a journalist, it’s been an incredible experience. Each article is the opportunity to discover crazy stories and to meet interesting people.

Believe me, this one is heavy … Back in 1993, three of the country’s most notorious and hard-nosed gangsters – Philippe Lacroix, Basri Bajrami and Murat Kaplan – escaped from St. Gilles prison in Brussels, taking Harry van Oers (the prison general inspector) with them…

Download the “Prison Break” article (pdf version).

Article written in collaboration with Mr. Deforce of On-Point fame. Thanks to Bob, Harry, Yassin and Nicholas for making this possible.

In the previous issue of the magazine (”The Secret Society - May 08), Mr. Deforce and myself wrote a piece about LeFtO, the hardest working man in the Belgian HipHop scene:

Download the “Early Bird” article (pdf version).

If like me you think nothing can beat paper when it comes to reading, get yourself a copy of the magazine: free subscription - list of shops where it is available.