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Grime War…Beef In The UK Rap Scene And...
By Gata Malandra • On

Beef In The UK Rap Scene At the begin­ning of 2015 the rap­per, Chip, released a diss of Manchester Grime rap­per, Bug­zy Malone. Chip… Read more

Education
Interview on Viva Venezuela!
By Lana Bell • On

This is our inter­view on the doc­u­ment­ary Viva Venezuela with Eth­e­sham who is part of RCG/FRFI. Q. How was the exper­i­ence of film­ing Viva Venezuela?… Read more

Poetry
Spoken Word + Lyrics: ‘EDUCATION’ B...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

‘Edu­ca­tion’ by Rohun Batra (Pro­duced by ShoX­star) Can you remem­ber who you were before the world told you who you should be, A clas­sic… Read more

Reviews
Review: ‘Marshall Mathers LP 2’
By Micky Roots • On

After years spent hon­ing his craft in cut-throat rap battles in the bowels of Detroit, as chron­icled in 8 Mile, and set­ting the under­ground alight… Read more

Reviews
Review: Voices of Resistance — The Mix...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

From lively spoken word about women lib­er­a­tion to sooth­ing reg­gae music about racism, Voices of Res­ist­ance mix­tape is a revolu­tion­ary expres­sion at its best. From… Read more

Poetry
Cops (Product Of The Environment) By Eri...
By Gata Malandra • On

Cops (Product Of The Envir­on­ment) Hold the cul-de-sac host­age You nig­gers won’t prosper While I’m sip­ping java My kids could be doc­tors Mean­while you in… Read more

Interviews
Guest: @JTheExodus & Eulogy to Eddie...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

Anoth­er deep I Am Hip-Hop show fea­tur­ing J the Exodus in the stu­dio for the I AM ses­sion, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s eulogy to Eddie Ellis, the… Read more

Poetry
Poetry: Sista Lyric (@SistaLyric ) ‘Sp...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

Split decition Inspir­a­tion, ded­ic­a­tion, exclam­a­tion; a state­ment made with a recipe legendary. Quite con­trary, Holy Mary, fill the wound the core paved way. The for­bid­den… Read more

Reviews
Review: ‘Superstars Of Hip Hop’ Ft. ...
By Micky Roots • On

Pho­to­graphy by Shar­jeel Ahmed  Novem­ber 2nd saw the Super­stars of Hip Hop event at Ham­mer­smith Apollo fea­tur­ing Hip Hop legends Busta Rhymes, Meth­od Man and… Read more

Interviews
Introducing… Humble The Poet! (@humble...
By admin • On

It’s always a priv­ilege meet­ing an artist who is keep­ing the fun­da­ment­al roots of Hip Hop alive by using their music as a tool to… Read more

Education
Book Review: Pan-Africanism and Communis...
By Gata Malandra • On

Pan-Afric­an­ism and Com­mun­ism: The Com­mun­ist Inter­na­tion­al, Africa and the Dia­spora, 1919–1939 Hakim Adi, Africa World Press, Trenton, 2013, 444pp, £28.99. At 5am on 3 Octo­ber… Read more

Indigenous Peoples
A Woman in Rebellion. The Art of Frida K...
By Rishma Dhaliwal • On

Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907 — July 13, 1954; born Mag­dalena Car­men Frieda Kahlo y Calderón)was a Mex­ic­an paint­er, born in Coyoacán,… Read more