Month: April 2014

Verbal Skillz - Biography

Verbal Skillz – Biography

Verbal Skillz is a old school UK emcee from just outside Guildford in Surrey. He started making music in 2012 with good friend and scratch DJ / Producer DJ Stix. After being a massive fan of real hip hop from his early teens, he was inspired by rap greats like Rakim, Cool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Gangstarr, Masta Ace, KRS one, Marley Marl, Pete Rock, Nas, Wu-Tang and many other giants from the late 80s early 90s, and he decided to start writing his own bars.

Love + Hate [BBC / Ruby Films]

Love + Hate [BBC / Ruby Films]

Set in Northern England, across the racial divide, Love + Hate is a contemporary love story between a white guy and a Pakistani girl. Far from being just another Romeo + Juliet knock-off, though, Dominic Savage's film deals with the reality of cultural intolerance and double standards spawning from peer influence; and how they can hinder interracial relationships between young people living in our society today.