Benjamin Clementine: from rough sleeper to rising star

He can’t read a note of music and learned to play the piano by ear. Now he’s been signed by EMI, after being discovered busking on the streets of Paris. Poet and musician Benjamin Clementine explains how he bunked off school in London to read dictionaries at the library before becoming homeless at just 16. .Sign up for Snowmail, your daily preview of what is on Channel 4 News, sent straight to your inbox, here: Missed Channel 4 News? Catch up on