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[19 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

Rock ‘n roll is rebel music, hip-hop started as the new voice for the disenfranchised and punk aimed to change the world. There has always been a musical channel for the left of centre and the young to express an opinion…

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[19 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

Up To Scratch is a Hip Hop melting pot of Dj’s mixing, Live acts, as well as Graffiti exhibitions that will be held on a weekly basis. Check out the line up for Saturday 20th November…

Interviews »

[19 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

You might have heard him being interviewed on Good Hope FM or maybe you noticed it on one of the more popular threads on the AG forum. Either way you couldn’t miss the fact that there is a Hiphocalypse Mixtape out. I touched base with Sensai to get more detailed info…

Announcements »

[19 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

JJC & 419 Squad have been nominated in the ‘Best African Group’ category at Africa’s famous KORA AWARDS, the only awards ceremony that recognises and celebrates musical excellence amongst artists from the continent and the African diaspora…

Biographies »

[18 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

When it comes to having a sense of style, no one can touch The Yat Fu crew. Always decked out looking their best these three talented MCs from Sicap and Dieppel have always interjected a sense of humor and sarcasm into their boastful rhymes…

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[17 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

During the month of December 2004 Baobabconnections is inviting all young poets, rappers and lyrical wizards to make their voices heard at our 1st online HIP-HOP SLAM! You can win 1000 Euros. Read on for more info…

Books »

[17 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

From Here to Fame Publishing &PpowerHouse Books are pleased to announce the release of Hip Hop Files – Photographs 1979-1984 featuring interviews by Zeb.Roc.Ski, an introduction by Zephyr and essays by Charlie Ahearn, Patti Astor & Popmaster Fabel. Read on for more info…

New Releases »

[15 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

Bumpy Knuckles is back! The man you love to fear is preparing to release his latest offering entitled, “American Black Man” with production from DJ Premier, Pete Rock, The Alchemist, and Foxxx himself! The set is due in early 2005…

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[15 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

Joe Kiesa of G Sound Productions in Italy is putting together a mixtape called Asfalto Puro Vol 1 and looking for submissions from all over the world…

Interviews »

[15 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

His experience ranges from producing and presenting a TV Show, launching his own magazine to working at Zimbabwe’s The Sunday Standard. But today he is the editor for South Africa’s nationally distributed hip hop magazine – Hype. We wanted to find out more, so here it is…

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[15 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

One can not talk about Senegalese Hip-Hop it without mentioning Sen Kumpa. Although the group has since changed the lineup they have certainly not changed their direction or their wavered from their vision…

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[14 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

From its opening blues vamp, drenched in a Bo Diddley-meets-Muddy Waters rhythmic swagger, you know that rap legend Nas and his noted musician father Olu Dara have seized hip-hop by the throat on their new single “Bridging The Gap.” By now it’s a cliché for hip-hoppers to join the rap-rock brigade…

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[13 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

“He’s a practical joker,” says Bernie Mac about fellow Ocean’s Twelve co-star George Clooney. “You’ve got to watch yourself at all times. You open a door, you better make sure a bucket of water don’t fall on you. George’ll put gum in your drink after he’s chewed on it…

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[12 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

I just got home received a package from San Juan, check the location in Puerto Rico if you didn’t do geography in school. What do you do when your English is minimal and media says you have to do it in English to sell, well Tego responded beautifully with a reply in his native Espanola…

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[12 Nov 2004 | No Comment | ]

Up To Scratch is a Hip Hop melting pot of Dj’s mixing, Live acts, as well as Graffiti exhibitions that will be held on a weekly basis every Saturday night in Cape Town…