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News: The Undercover Hippy UK Tour Dates
Drum n Bass MC turned singer songwriter Billy Rowan aka THE UNDERCOVER HIPPY is on a mission tomake people think, laugh and dance simultaneously. Described by Tom Robinson as “beautifullyproduced agitprop reggae flavoured rap”, his music brings together powerful messages and infectiousrhythms. Combining intelligent, provocative lyrics with dangerously catchy hooks, masterful delivery,and feel-good grooves, this …
News: El-P reissues Fantastic Damage – Out Now via Fat Possum
Iconic rapper and producer El-P, perhaps best known as one half of powerhouse rap duo Run the Jewels, recently announced an extensive reissue campaign of his full solo catalog via Fat Possum Records. Unavailable for nearly a decade, January 2020 marked the digital release of I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead, on streaming services for the …
Obituary: UK rapper Ty, aka Ben Chijioke dies from COVID-19 at 47
Ty, the acclaimed, mercury-nominated UK hip-hop artists has died aged 47, his press team have confirmed. News came last month that he was hospitalised with Covid-19, shortly after followed by more news he was in a medically induced coma, but the signs had been more positive recently with a move out on intensive care in …
News: Snoop Dogg reschedules UK dates for February 2021
Snoop Dogg has announced rescheduled dates due to the global Covid-19 restrictions for his ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ UK and Ireland arena headline tour for February 2021. The forthcoming tour sees the West Coast rap legend touring in support of his 17th album I Wanna Thank Me and documentary of the same name. The album release and documentary celebrated …
See: Ghostpoet reveals new video for Concrete Pony
If you tuned into the BBC 6Music Festival over the weekend, you’ll have heard Ghostpoet debut songs from his forthcoming album ‘I Grow Tired But I Dare Not Fall Asleep’ to an appreciative crowd. Even if you didn’t, you might have heard lead track Concrete Pony. It’s bleak and hard edged in its outlook, driven …
News: Public Enemy issue statement that signals the end for Flavor Flav
Public Enemy have issued a statement following reports that long time MC Flavor Flav had been sacked over his political views. The statement denies this is the case, instead highlighting various misdemeanours over time, and suggests that the relationship is over between Flav and the band. The statement in full reads: Public Enemy did not …
See: Chris Orrick releases new video for Out to Sea, plus album news
Alternative hip-hop artist Chris Orrick has just shared a new video for the title track of his forthcoming album, Out to Sea, available from May 24th via Mello Music Group. Supposedly based on being, or at least feeling, mentally ‘Out to Sea’, and disconnected from society/the internet. The track sees Orrick’s listenable flow, as he …
News: Tru Thoughts reveal London Posse Gangster Chronicle / Money Mad Reissues
Just as the generation before listened to The Beatles, Stones Animals et al do their versions of the American RnB classics, before making their own versions of them, and indeed taking the Americans on at their own game (so to speak) so in those first exciting days of hip-hop many British groups from all over …