It is October 1979, and the shelves of music stores across America are being stacked with the sound of the Sugahill Gang reciting the lines, ‘I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop, a you don’t stop…’ in rhyt...
Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Eloise Nutbrown | Read more »
The eldest daughter of the assassinated Pakistani president, Benazir Bhutto, has posted a rap video dedicated to her mother on the video sharing website YouTube. The song, entitled “I would take the pain away,” was written and performed by...
Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Ishbel Eunson | Read more »
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 »