Reviews
Review: John Berkavitch’s (@berkavitch...
By Subika Anwar • On

John Berkavitch’s hon­est auto­bi­o­graph­ic­al per­form­ance took audi­ences on an invit­ing jour­ney.  Com­bin­ing spoken word, poetry, anim­a­tion, phys­ic­al theatre, break and con­tem­por­ary dance Shame is a… Read more

@IBMCs Special. Female Emcees Worldwide
By Rishma • On

A must listen col­lec­tion! A real treat to you ears brought to you exclus­ively by IBMCs! Listen to the likes of Tempa, Dyn­asty, Pump­kin, Rha God­dess,… Read more

Poetry
Poetry + Video: Joelle Taylor ‘Crystal...
By Gata Malandra • On

  CRYS­TAL KISSES Girls at the top Of ivory tower blocks Cut Your hair. Your bandana Pimp Charm­ing will not save you He has already betrayed… Read more

Interviews
Interview: Talking Beats and Sound with ...
By Gata Malandra • On

Q. How old were you when you first star­ted mix­ing? I guess I was prob­ably about 14. I star­ted by just mess­ing around with my… Read more

Reviews
Review: (@Adventures_of ) ‘Love Sick’
By Rishma • On

Real Hip-Hop music is poet­ic by nature.  Some of the best poetry I’ve ever heard has been set to a kick­ing beat and delivered by… Read more

What is New
@CaxtonPress ‘This Ain’t Living’ ...
By Rishma • On

After the acclaimed suc­cess of the debut LP ‘Shame The Dev­il’ in 2012. Cax­ton Press are proud to announce the release of their debut single, com­prised… Read more

Education
Knowledge Session: Who Is Angela Davis?
By Rishma • On

Writer, act­iv­ist, edu­cat­or. Born on Janu­ary 26, 1944, in Birm­ing­ham, Alabama. Angela Dav­is is best known as a rad­ic­al Afric­an Amer­ic­an edu­cat­or and act­iv­ist for… Read more

Interviews
Interview With @ZenaEdwards The Woman Of...
By Arash Sharifi • On

Q. Why and how did you come to the choice to express your ideas and thoughts through writ­ing, poetry and singing? We all have gifts.… Read more

Education
Video: Forced Feeding in Guantanamo Bay ...
By Rishma • On

  Yasi­in Bey—also known as Mos Def—is cur­rently work­ing with dir­ect­or Asif Kapa­dia and Human Rights organ­iz­a­tion Reprieve on a reveal­ing pro­ject . In… Read more

Reviews
Review: Breakin’ Convention Festival (...
By Subika Anwar • On

Breakin’ Con­ven­tion Fest­iv­al simply takes over Sadlers Wells over Bank Hol­i­day week­end! Sadler­’s Wells saw the 3 day glob­al takeover of Hip Hop dance theatre… Read more

Poetry
Poetry: ‘Recipe For Being A Woman’ b...
By Rishma • On

Recipe for Being a Woman    You will need: The required sexu­al organs: see page 3 of the accom­pa­ny­ing beauty manu­al for details A slender, yet shapely… Read more

MIXTAPE: COOPS — WHAT DO YOU SEE?
By Rishma • On

What Do You See? Is the debut mix­tape from Coops. It serves as just a por­tion of Coops in his ele­ment. Giv­ing listen­ers a mix… Read more