hip hop

Tinchy Stryder  »

Wed 10 Nov 2010 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Arrested Development »

Wed 27 Oct 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Freedom of Speech »

It's 9am in Atlanta when Todd Thomas, better known by his alias Speech, bounds onto the other end of the phone. The cumulative effects of a five-hour time difference and daylight savings time have thrown our interview scheduling into disarray, but the ...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Interview: Young Fathers »

“Scottish hip-hop? They compare it to Australian jazz or something.” So says Ally Massaquoi, only half-joking. Not that he cares. He makes up one third of the hottest hip-hop act around – other people's ignorance no longer both...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 | Read more »

Interview: Roots Manuva »

If a decade as the only hope for UK hip-hop has got to Roots Manuva, he's certainly not letting on. “I'm just like a kid in a sweet shop,” he grins, reclining backstage at the Liquid Room with an adoring redhead and a mountain of Guinness. ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Simon Mundy | Read more »