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NEW MUSIC| CHALI 2NA & KRAFTY KUTS ...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

After hero­ic­ally launch­ing the first single ‘Guard The Fort’ at the BBC 6 Music Fest­iv­al in March, the time has come for hip-hop’s favour­ite super­her­oes… Read more

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INTERVIEW| CAIN THE ABYSS “YOUR DNA IS...
By Salfreckles • On

I recently met up with the very tal­en­ted and tuned in Mr Cain The Abyss to talk about art, the uni­verse and Hip Hop! We… Read more

Education
A SURVIVOR, A FIGHTER, A HUMAN, A REFUGE...
By Guest Author • On

Before the start of the war, I nev­er thought about leav­ing Syr­ia. I had just been accep­ted to law school. My fam­ily had sev­er­al busi­nesses… Read more

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NEW MUSIC | XELAVATE ’ COLLABORATES WI...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

Listen to Fly Away  Fly Away is the debut single from Xelav­ate, com­bin­ing his pro­duc­tion cre­ativ­ity togeth­er with his pas­sion for drum­ming, set to be released on 21st June 2019.  … Read more

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NEW MUSIC | STEVEN DARNELL (@SDARNELLART...
By MJ Savino • On

CEO of New Per­spect­ive Music Group and eclect­ic rap­per Steven Dar­nell releases highly anti­cip­ated “The Rise of Steelo Green” mix­tape. The 10-track pro­ject includes pro­duc­tion from Black Meta­phor, Beat… Read more

Events
EVENT| BLACKALICIOUS WITH THE HERBALISER...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

Black­a­li­cious With The Herb­al­iser EartH Theatre, Hack­ney 3rd August 2019 A one-off colossal meet­ing of two Hip Hop game changers Hip hop duo, Black­a­li­cious burst… Read more

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NEW MUSIC| ROCK MECCA FT SMIF N WESSUN ...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

Rock Mecca teams up with Bucktown’s own Smif-N-Wessun for “W.A.R.Lord II (Brookyn Remix)”. This reg­gae-tinged banger arrives right on time to be theme music for… Read more

Interviews
INTERVIEW | RAPPER DEYAH (@iamdeyah) LE...
By Mark Mukasa • On

Pur­pose­ful and enig­mat­ic are the two words that come to mind when describ­ing Deyah. Formerly known as ‘NoNameDis­ciple’, Deyah is a rising Welsh rap­per whose… Read more

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NEW MUSIC | FKA 059 RELEASES NEW EP ‘21’
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

OUT NOW LISTEN HERE Rus­si­an-Itali­an hip-hop artist FKA 059 had teamed up with pro­du­cer Mar­cus Basqui­at for his brand new EP, ‘21′. It serves as a fol­low-up for… Read more

Reviews
REVIEW| REAL DEAL CELEBRATE 1ST BIRTHDAY...
By Apex Zero • On

On 30thMay 2019, Real Deal Open Mic at cHip sHop Brix­ton was a night of firsts and mile­stones. Hav­ing seen some drama caused by the… Read more

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TALIB KWELI BANNED FROM GERMAN FESTIVAL ...
By Khadija Jones • On

Brook­lyn rap­per and act­iv­ist Talib Kewli who is well known for his col­lab­or­a­tion with Mos Def as Black Star has become the latest vic­tim of… Read more

Reviews
KANYE WEST TALKS #METOO, MENTAL HEALTH A...
By Faizah Cyanide • On

Sea­son 2 of, “My Next Guest Needs No Intro­duc­tion with Dav­id Let­ter­man” is out on Net­flix. Those of us watch­ing the Dav­id let­ter­man epis­ode with… Read more