Snow boarders need look no further for the unofficial start to the winter sports season as the Metro Ski and Snowboard Show exclusively presents The Boardroom. Back by popular demand, The Boardroom is the only place to get your hands on customized snowboards, learn to pop and lock with the UK’s best B-boys and hang out in the coolest apres-ski spot this side of The Alps.

The Rbk Daddy Yankee sneaker makes an explosive debut at the UK’s only destination for sneaker aficionados; Foot Locker. To celebrate this new release, Foot Locker is inviting all sneaker fans to the special Rbk ‘Now Playing’ event.

If you like your brand of Grime real grimy (I mean dirtee stank grimy), then DJ Semtex’s Grimewave Album hosted by D Double E, is a must have for your collection. This compilation showcases the best tracks from a genre that has evolved faster than the average grime tracks BPM.

Jalporte has been busy since we interviewed him and here we have a few quick tidbits of info regarding what he has in the pipeline. New live show dates have gone up on Jalporte's Myspace page, further details of all the events will be posted on the ‘appearance page’ on www.jalporte.co.uk.

The Hip-Hop and R&B talent of east coast Canada finally gets the recognition it deserves with "Scotia Mix Vol. 1", the new compilation album from the Kicksta Music Group. Featuring the best artists from Nova Scotia - and a guest contribution from Louisiana's Big Brotha – the project aims to give an outlet for these as-of-yet under exposed artists.

Late is one half of the Villains and along with Tricksta runs Wolftown, one of the most prolific labels out of the Midlands. Now he is branching out and flexing his US connections and is releasing his own mix CDs which he has compiled. Check out what he had to say to Naomi aka Yummyness...

I have been a big fan of Stig’s for a while now. He has been throwing his weight around destroying MCs at the Jump Off freestyle events and has quickly risen to be one of the UK’s finest battlers, so I was positively salivating at the prospect of his debut release.

Camden is proud to present to you a fantastic Black History Month program for 2006 that celebrates the achievements and history of Black African and Caribbean communities who live and work in the borough. This years theme is ‘Spoken Word’ and will offer a wide range wide range of different forms including rap, writing, song, Film and performing arts.

Tate Modern today launches the second in the Tate Tracks series of exclusive music partnerships with a new track from East London grime collective Roll Deep. The new track “Searching” is inspired by Anish Kapoor’s sculpture Ishi’s Light and will be exclusively available at a listening post in front of the artwork for one month. The track will also be available for a further month from 1st November on the www.tatetracks.org.uk website.

Sounding more Detroit than Stockholm, Up Hygh, the wonder-kid hip-hop / soul production duo, are quite literally poised to reinvent the “Swedish sound”. Through their ‘Venus’ album, Pure-P and Rick Skizzo, the two 20yr-old producers behind Up Hygh, have delivered a unique pressure-cooked mixture of sexy deepspace funk, raw hip-hop and soulful r&b.