Month: April 2008

According to The Guardian, Snoop Dogg's ban from entering the UK was overturned by a senior immigration judge last Wednesday (April 23). The newspaper is reporting that senior immigration Judge George Warr decided to lift the ban imposed by immigration Judge Nehar Bird.

Have you heard about the plans to close the skatepark in the undercrofts of the Southbank Centre under the Queen Elizabeth Hall? This is an area that should be of interest to the London graffiti, hop hop and skater scenes. A campaign is up and running and there is an online petition that closes on 28 May. It has already gathered 3952 signatures.

The Stanton SC System is the company’s new set of digital controllers for the professional DJ. It is comprised of the SCS.1d deck and the SCS.1m mixer; both advanced control surfaces that give the digital DJ an entirely new level of performance ability and functionality, while preserving the comfortable feel and familiar layout of more traditional equipment.

What happens when two of New York's finest come together to charge a track with punchline after punchline equating to more than just a hot beat and a catchy hook? You get Pandemonium. This is the first single off the up and coming album from the multi-faceted entity commonly known to fans and family as Fokis.

Mic Check is the BBC Asian Network’s specialist hip hop, grime and dubstep show Broadcast 10 - 12 pm every Saturday night. Fronted by DJ Limelight and Kan D Man, the show supports the best new hip hop, grime and dubstep focusing on Asian talent and featuring some of the scene’s finest players.

To coincide with the release of his first album, I met up with Leeds MC, Instance. We had a chat, a couple of jars (one in The Bourbon where the music was too loud and they charged a quid to get in and another in a Wetherspoons of all places… well, they had no music did they?) and we did an interview that we recorded on my brothers phone.

There’d been a lot of hype surrounding this show, and with Wu Tang known for their non appearances, lack luster efforts and with one or two other recent bizarre performances from other much hyped US mc’s, the question was could they deliver?

Lil’ Cesar is one of the most influential names in Hip-Hop. In 1984 he brought together the Air Force Crew an offshoot from one of the early West Coast Breakdance Crews known as The Shake City Rockers. Known throughout the world for his dance skills and his non-stop efforts in keeping Hip-Hop along with all its elements alive in the minds of the people. Lady A.i. speaks to the man himself.

Hailed as 'the Summer anthem' by DJ Felli Fel and as an 'instant club banger' by Clinton Sparks, Lunch the King of the Inland Empire, joined up with co-hort Ray J for the video to the infectious Get Em Girl. The video shot entirely on location in Los Angeles was directed by Corey Harrell and is reminiscent of a 1930's drinking club sporting scantily dressed dancers and dapper gentleman.

Wildstyles is an exhibition of old skool hip hop photographs by PYMCA and a hip hop art competition to showcase emerging talent. PYMCA has moved the hip hop exhibition to Bar Vinyl in Camden Town and this time is hosting a new skool hip hop competition.