Tommy Tee: Norway’s hip-hop pioneer
Tommy Tee has had a glittering career in Norway. Both promoting and producing beats as well as across the pond in the States, many consider him to be the 'godfather of Norwegian hip-hop'. Tommy grew up in Oslo, and when the culture came over as a phenomenon to Norway...
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WATCH Black Twang: Today’s Music Industry
Currently touring with Rodney P on the Kingdem tour, Blak Twang AKA Tony Rotton tells us how the music industry has evolved. He released his first album, Dettwork Southeast, in 1996 and has pioneered UK Hip-hop since day one. Paul CC caught up with Tony Rotton and...
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Franz Von: Sheffield’s Afro-fusionist gem
Franz Von is one of Sheffield’s brightest talents and the lead MC of K.O.G and the Zongo Brigade, a jazz-infused afro-futurist band. Originally from Jamaica, he moved to the UK to pursue his studies and his career in music, becoming one of the steel city’s classic...
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Rejjie Snow: from the streets of Dublin
It’s not often you hear about rappers from Dublin but Rejjie Snow continues to defy preconceptions of the genre and even questions his place as a hip-hop artist. Everything started for the 25-year-old growing up listening to his parents’ music. “I listened to...
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AK: “there’s not enough J Coles, too many 6ix9ines”
Yorkshire is known for a great many things but hip-hop probably isn’t one of them. And yet, hailing from Sheffield and making it known every change he gets, fast-spitting MC AK is trying to change the game alongside a dynamic collective of fellow...
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Dooz & Blotto: Five grams of shrooms and a f**k off Kangaroo
After five grams of magic mushrooms, the last thing you want is a Kangaroo squaring up to you... but that’s what happened to these SoundCloud rappers from down under. https://soundcloud.com/dooznblottomusic/lsdeviants Hip-hop duo Dooz & Blotto were camping with...
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KRS-One: looking back at where it all started
KRS-One is hip-hop royalty from the place where it all started, the Bronx. He came on to the scene as part of hip-hop group Boogie Down Productions which he started with DJ Scott La Rock in the mid-80s but he is better known for his solo hits Sound of da Police, MCs...
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Andy H: Hip-Hop to our ears for the past 20 years
Andy H is one of the UK’s top turntable masters and has been the main act for Sheffield Tuesday Club since 1998. He has performed alongside the likes of Public Enemy, Chali 2na and Flying Lotus. Francesco Munari had the chance to sit down with him for Motive Magazine,...
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WATCH The Mouse Outfit: Backstage Chat
Manchester's The Mouse Outfit came to the O2 Academy in Sheffield where they let us come backstage to have a chat with them. We got to speak to Defty, Berry Blacc and Dubbul O from the group before having the privilege to see them flaunting their talents on stage....
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Leslie: King of Freestyle
Leslie Endrodi is the main rapper for the Hungarian kings of freestyle, Seven Seconds in the Future. The groups speciality is letting the audience decide what they want to hear. This makes their gigs highly interactive. The entire nine man band, freestyles every song...
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