Beats & Rhymes is a music licensing company specializing in hip-hop and related urban music styles that meets the needs of music supervisors for film, television, and video games. Beats & Rhymes also creates custom scores, soundtracks, and jingles for any hip hop music production need.

The Dance Consortium was created in 2000, aiming to develop dance audiences and promote the art form as a source of entertainment. In addition Breakin’ Convention and Dance Consortium presented Australian Dance Theatre this Spring, and will present a further four productions throughout the forthcoming year by Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and LaLaLa Human Steps.

Sadler's Wells annual celebration of Hip Hop dance theatre returns this May Day Bank Holiday Weekend Breakin’ Convention takes over from Saturday 5 – Monday 7 May 2007. Now firmly established as a must-see event in the dance calendar, 2007 marks the fourth Breakin’ Convention at Sadler's Wells and due to ever-increasing popularity, sees the festival break out of London for the first time to tour a further eight venues across the UK as part of a Dance Consortium tour.

Jonzi D has been actively involved in British Hip Hop culture, rapping and b-boying in clubs and on the street since its genesis in the early eighties. Since graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School, Jonzi has been committed to the development of Hip Hop theatre, creating Lyrikal Fearta in 1995, and Aeroplane Man in 1999.

Talk about perfect timing. Just as we were all getting tired of snapping our fingers and shaking our Laffy Taffys and whilst Nas defiantly declared Hip Hop is dead, a few enigmatic Hip Hop acts managed to slip through the net. They weren’t flashy, boastful or gangsta. Nah, these guys were smart: some might say artsy, old fashioned lyricists who were raised on Hip Hop.