Gritty, versatile, honest, multi-syllabic, yet conscious, Ringolero’s microphone skills can be heard through-out the twenty-three tracks on ‘How To Be An Emcee’. Kicking off with a shout from Styles P, this CD also features the likes of Scamer, Synista Hustla, Sheldz, Bones, Switch, Rai Child and Corey Johnson from Defenders L.O.S.
 

Metis is a UK-based spoken word Hip Hop artist, originally from California, who has performed widely throughout both London and New York. In 2006, Metis first hit the London stage - with feature performances at Poetry in Motion, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Tifa Tifa Fashion Show Premier, Rouge Noir, Stratford East Theatre and Camden Arts Gallery; the impact was immediate.
 

Apples & Snakes, England's leading organiser of performance poetry, presents a night of dynamic, accessible hip-hop poetry on Friday 16th March 2007. Californian hip hop poet Metis contemplates issues of race and identity through his passionate and fiery delivery whilst fusion artist Sean Graham weaves words with dance to create stories rich in everyday detail.
 

Sean Graham trained as a performing artist and dancer at The Brits and Lewisham College. Since 2004 he has been touring nationally and internationally with the Irven Lewis Dance Company. As a freelance-fusion artist he often works utilising dance and spoken word. Sean made his debut as a soloist at Breakin’ Convention ’06.
 

Joshua Idehen is co-founder of the collective known as A Poem Inbetween People, the host and organiser of the spoken word event PoeJazzi, and a spoken word artist himself, performing all over London in prestigious events such as Onetaste, Poetry N Motion, The Cellar, Shortfuse, and the John Betjeman Festival in Cornwall, to name a few.
 

As regular readers and my mates from Leeds will know, I'm a long-time fan of more or less anything associated with LowLife Records. However, I've been particularly looking out for Verb T since hearing the Braintax-produced "So Cool" on Kam's "Life Before 40" promo mix.

Black Milk is the face and voice of the new generation of Detroit hip-hop. His second album, Popular Demand, is so highly anticipated that it unfortunately has been leaked a month before it was supposed to hit the streets. To combat the leak and make sure people go out and actually buy the album, Fat Beats Records will be including a bonus CD of previously unreleased vocal and instrumental tracks.

Definitive Jux co-founder, emcee, and producer El-P's first single from his new album I'll Sleep When You're Dead is available now. Entitled "Flyentology", the song features Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The single will be supported by an Adult Swim produced video that will debut on Comedy Central.

Last weekend saw Western Union Money Transfer host an event for their amazing new £4.90!! initiative launch. World record holder and UK number 1 freestyler, Steady, gave people the opportunity to compete against him in a bid to outperform the amazing B-Boy battler at the launch in London which was dubbed “The £4.90 Western Union Dance Off”.