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David Crowe, AKA Larynx, won the Leeds leg of the Vauxhall Tribes regional tour with a stunning performance which brought humour and physicality to the art of beatboxing. He is currently studying Contemporary Dance in Leeds and has also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Nat Illumine is an established writer and former Chief Editor of the infamous Undercover Magazine. She has interviewed some of the very best in the game and flown the flag in support of British talent for many years. She is very much woven into the fabric of the British music scene as a resident DJ on Itch FM, combined with her popular monthly warm up residency, entitled “Size Doesn’t Matter” at Ginglik in Shepherds Bush. I sat down with Nat to find out what she’s been up to.
You may know him from his role in the hit US television show The Wire, where he played Stringer Bell: the Machiavellian drug dealer who everyone loved to hate. Or you may know him as DJ Driis, the reputable DJ with a dedicated following, but britishiphop.co.uk is about to introduce you to IDRIS the rapper.
The original hip-hop group Cipher Sounds was established in South Side Jamaica, Queens, New York in the year 1975. Little more than a year after the originators of the genre; Kool Herc, Afrika Bambatataa, Grand Master Flash and others had created the culture and had begun to guide it through its infant stages in the Bronx, DJs Divine, Understanding, and Divine Justice had the idea to create their own sound system that would play in the parks and community centres of their neighbourhood in Jamaica Queens.
At 12 years old, Dubbs was homeless. His parents were addicted to drugs and caught up in a cycle of domestic violence. Wanting a better life for himself, he found the inner strength to stay in school and excel in sports. Dubbs put himself through college where he made his mark in basketball and wound up one knee-injury away from the NBA.
The Puerto Rican Superhero Chino XL. Hes a 62 230 lb lyrical beast, and one of the most widely recognized names in the hip-hop. He is known as The Puerto Rican Superhero. But the road to recognition was not easy; it was a struggle from birth. Chino's father left before he was born, leaving his mother to raise her only child.
A Shaw is the founder of a clothing line called Shaw Originals who specialize in high end button-ups and button-less. Shaw started off making t-shirts for the street and they have become popular throught their focus of marketing through DJ's. The designs are fresh and Andrea Nelson & Future Star Music Group interviewed A Shaw to find out more...
This guy really needs no introduction. Repping UK Hip-Hop since 1986, he’s gone from working in a record shop to running a label, PR company, online magazine, to being a producer, DJ and parent… Anna Nathanson meets Tricksta…
Having produced for people like Asher D and Jamelia, wacky rapper Lil Chif is ready to unleash his unique take on rap with the release of his EP, ‘Soon Come’, out this week. Describing himself as “on the eclectic side of the fence”, Chif’s music is definitely a breath of fresh air, so we decided to sit him down and find out more…
White Mike is taking the West Coast hip-hop scene by storm. He is described by Al Bowman, founder of the Los Angeles Music Awards, as "a rare talent in the world of hip-hop music. In 2004, he garnered the votes from not only our voting committee, but hundreds of fans whom prior to the voting party event that year had never heard his music, or of him personally. White Mike is a winner!" With his new album entitled “Famous”, White Mike is the stake in the heart of any critic who ignorantly jumps to the conclusion that “white people have no place in hip-hop”.