All posts by michelle

UK Hip-Hop fans might be familiar with Mai Khalil as a feature vocalist — she’s appeared on tracks with the likes of Rewd Adams, Islam Jawed and H20, and was heavily featured on Lowkey’s most recent album — but the west London singer has now dropped a long-awaited solo offering. Citing Arabic music as an influence, [...]

The godfather of gangsta rap and hip hop legend Ice T brought his new Hip Hop documentary Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap to the UK this week; performing alongside Melle Mel and Chuck D at it’s premiere screening in London’s Hammersmith Apollo on Thursday (July 19). On the promotional run, T sat down with [...]

Rewd Adams might not be a household name yet, but the south London rapper, previously known as Skandal has quietly been one to watch out for; most notably since the release of his 2011 album, Rewd Awakening. His latest project, How Not To Make A Living, links him with producer The Last Skeptik, merging Skeptik’s eclectic [...]

Adding to the already phenomenal lineup of the Respect Jamaica 50th festival taking place at London’s Indigo2 later this month, Damian Marley has added a second date to his headlining act. [...]

Tempa T‘s “Next Hype” was literally a next hype when the tune dropped in clubs up and down the country and came at a time when grime music was at its peak in the UK. The producer behind the track, South London spitter turned beatmaker Darq E Freaker was little known then – but his [...]

The last time we had a body of work from London-hailing rapper Akala was in 2010 when he released Doublethink, a sonically experimental album marrying a hip-hop flavour with elements of rock where he firmly set the tone of his musical direction with a careful mix of social commentary and the challenging of mainstream norms [...]

Just under a year ago I came across Vonny Del Fresco on Tumblr with his cover of Childish Gambino‘s “Do Ya Like,” sampling Adele‘s “Melt My Heart To Stone.” His chilled flow and voice, that to me was similar [in a complimentary sort of way, as opposed to ripping him off] to that of Lupe [...]

The very talented Yuna recently linked up with the PS22 Chorus – a New York based elementary school chorus who have become something of an internet sensation following their performances with the likes of Sinead O’Connor, Kylie Minogue, Common and Tori Amos, and a Whitney Houson tribute of “The Greatest Love of All” on the Piers Morgan Tonight show [...]

It’s been just over a year since his first book release titled My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, that opened the flood gates to criticism from his peers after being accused of ‘dry snitching’. Killuminati P recently told XXL that his second book will only talk about his three and a half year stint in jail from [...]

Hackney born, Irish bred musician Maverick Sabre recently dropped the official music video for the single “I Used To Have It All,” taken from his current album Lonely Are The Brave. [...]