After a fifteen-year hiatus, Bashy, the Grime artist turned acclaimed actor, is back with a powerful new album, Being Poor Is Expensive. This highly anticipated release marks his first full-length studio project since his 2009 debut, Catch Me If You Can. Known for his raw storytelling and candid reflections on life in northwest London, Bashy’s return is both a celebration of his roots and a profound exploration of his experiences. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What can I say huh ? 2020 has been an absolute madness year…. With disease, sports events, politricks and human disater…. With there being many ‘lockdowns’ globally, the United Kingdom has been at the epicentre of world media. Thankfully with the majority of the country embracing digital technology, many digital DJ’s kept transmission poppin’.. Loss of lives internationally, from Kobe Bryant and Andre Herrel to UK’s very own rap dons […]
Moses Lule, aka MSL is a Ugandan/British artist from West London who is gaining a reputation as London’s hottest up-and-coming rapper. MSL started writing his own music at the age of 12, and continued his work in the underground rap scene. By the age of 26, MSL had featured on multiple visual music platforms such as GRM Daily, Link Up TV, SBTV, P110 and Charlie Sloths’ Fire in the Streets […]
It’s a completely different look as to what IS pop radio in the last 5/6 years… (haha) !! ..Radio DJ/ Video DJ / Club DJ.. My lane has always been to represent what is popular black music culture, be it as a DJ, artist manager or working in the record labels as A&R. The last couple years has definitely seen a truer reflection of what is popular youth culture, […]
