The festiveness is over, even though I'm still seeing remnants of discarded Christmas trees outsde buildings.. The homie and birthday boy DJ Shortee Blitz hollared to invite me to a legendary event of Jay Electronica at the prestigious Jazz Cafe on one of his sold out nights from his 'A Written Testimony Tour' UK tour.. My last Jay Elec performance was pre Covid times in Stoke Newington at a […]
So it's September, the six weeks' summer holiday's are over for all those in education and the UK is inundated in a three day mini heatwave... yep I said 3 days.. :) The famette Little Simz has announced on social media that she'll be situated at Rough Trade East, the record store in Shoreditch London, all day. I've known Simz for many years, being an avid supporter of her music […]
A couple of days ago I ventured into central, Soho to be precise.. once the centrifugal point of club and vinyl world for many of us DJ folk... the talk was about photos being exhibited from my long time bredren... Teemax ! During the 90's and much of the noughties my peoples like Paul H, Jennie Baptiste, Eddie Otchere, Teemax etc were capturing and collating much imagery in […]
Covent Garden Internationally known for it’s famous cobblestoned piazza, the Royal Opera House, outdoor restaurants and busking street performers. If you were lucky enough to have visited between 1982-85, you would have also witnessed the nucleus of London Hip Hop culture. Diehard first generation Hip hop heads from all over London and beyond would congregate in Covent to share skills, battle opponents and earn money. Poppers, lockers and breakers […]
TKorStretch – ‘Flamenco Dance’ Release June 11th After a fire start to 2021, TKorStretch came out the blocks hitting the scene with precision and aiming to put Bristol on the map 😊 2020 saw TkorStretch make immense impressions in the scene, a link up with Block 6’s iconic ‘GhostFace600’ on the track ‘Cali Buds’. His manager / producer, ‘Rockizm’ hollared me towards the end of 2020 and told […]
The Brits… UK Rap Aaah what a positive run we got poppin out here for UK rap.. Tuesday May 9th in UK is the prestigious award music ceremony of the year. The UK Brit Awards, it has a similar prestige to the much celebrated Grammy Awards across the pond. Staring in 1977 and going annually from 1982 it is the single most important event of the calendric […]
Hymna - 'Mentiras' Hmyna (Hannah to her friends) is an emerging and mercurial talent with an impulse to experiment and try out fresh ideas. London-based for the last 5 years but with a lifetime of living in other places including France and Barcelona and with a strong family connection to Salvador de Bahia (the most Africanised part of Brazil) she first appeared as a featured vocalist on releases for […]
Pharaoh Santana is a 25 year old rapper and actor from Westchester, Los Angeles and he’s got bars ! A graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, he also has his own multi-media company, New America Digital. His acting resume includes, starring in Amazon Prime’s post apocalyptic comedy "Nuke City", as well as Facebook Watch’s satirical news show "Fake News At Night", both produced by New America […]
It’s kinda mid February ish…. The snow and ice grip of the UK which has lasted more than a fortnight has subsided and dare I say it, we’ve got a little warmth in the offerings 😊 Fresh from Slowthai, another domestic rapper having recent chart topping success, its now the release of east London MC, Ghetts new album.. I’ve been aware of Ghetts from Nasty Crew but […]
