Education
Knowledge Session : Who Was Toussaint L...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

Known to his con­tem­por­ar­ies as “The Black Napo­leon,” Tous­saint L’Ouverture was a former slave who rose to become the lead­er of the only suc­cess­ful slave… Read more

Interviews
Talking About Resistance, Slavery & ...
By GlobalFaction • On

I Am Hip-Hop magazine, in asso­ci­ation with Glob­al­Fac­tion, met The Last Poets for an artist to artist con­ver­sa­tion con­duc­ted by Logic (Peoples Army) and… Read more

Reviews
Review: KRS-One @TheJazzCafe London @IAm...
By Joshua Virasami • On

Know­ledge Reigns Supreme, KRS, KRS-One, simply one of the most com­pel­ling, legit and uncom­prom­ised per­form­ances you’ll ever have the hon­our of bear­ing wit­ness to, hon­estly.… Read more

Education
Black Bodies: White Faces | The Commodif...
By Maya Elese • On

  Noth­ing has changed. The slave-mas­ter paradigm has simply shif­ted to the cre­at­ive sphere of rap music. The mas­ter being the white record label own­er,… Read more

Education
Knowledge Session: Forgetting Srebrenica...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

SREBREN­ICA MAS­SACRE FOUN­DED A BLOODY LIGHT­BULB When it comes to the war of Bos­nia the single most high­lighted event to be summoned is Srebren­ica. Though unlike… Read more

Interviews
Interview: Introducing @ShareefaEnergy
By Wasif Sayyed • On

Shareefa Energy is Unsigned Hype Spoken Word Poet of the Year 2014 and her Meandou pro­duced Reas­on­ing with Self EP will be launched at D’Gaf… Read more

Interviews
Inter­view with CJ Fly @FLYestintheeERA
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

I Am Hip-Hop magazine’s edit­or Rishma Dhali­wal had a catch up with Brook­lyn rap­per CJ Fly the co-founder of the hip-hop col­lect­ive Pro Era along… Read more

Reviews
Review: @TheRoots Live At Brix­ton Acad...
By Wasif Sayyed • On

Push­ing the bound­ar­ies of live Hip-Hop music with influ­en­tial albums such as Do You Want More?!!!??!, Things Fall Apart and Phren­o­logy, The Roots’ recor­ded music… Read more

Reviews
Review: @ThePharcyde at @TheJazzCafe Lon...
By Maya Elese • On

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride II The Golden Era   Hip Hop’s favour­ite class clowns des­cen­ded upon the Jazz Café to give the… Read more

Education
Knowledge Session: Who Was Lena Horne?
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was born in Brook­lyn, New York, on June 30, 1917. Her fath­er, Edwin “Teddy” Horne, who… Read more

Interviews
Exclusive Interview with Legendary @Blac...
By Micky Roots • On

  Since the start of their career, The Roots have pushed bound­ar­ies, set pre­ced­ents and reworked stand­ards. Famed for their pion­eer­ing use of live instru­ment­a­tion… Read more

What is New
Knux (@KnuxNKE) ‘Rise’ Music + Lyrics
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

After A 2 Year Hiatus From Music, Rap­per Knux Is Back With The First Track From His Up Com­ing Pro­ject “K.N.U.X‑Files”. Rise, A Track Based… Read more