What’s your background and where are you from? My mum was born in Westmoreland, Jamaica and she came over here when she was 12. She originally lived in The Midlands and then she came to London and met my pops … Continue reading ROME is the passionate producer-rapper from South-East London.
What’s your name? My name is Prido. (@northsideprido) Where does it come from and what does it mean? It’s not actually complicated how I got that name. My name is Prince, and I grew up in Zambia, Africa. So in … Continue reading Meet Prido, the most versatile artist in the North.
What is your stage name? Isaiah Shoticaury (also known as the low-key introvert) Where are you from? East London, Canning Town When did you start making music? Started making music around 2017 that year alone made me realise “ you know … Continue reading Get to Know “TheBoyYouCallIsiah” in 6 Questions.
One of hip-most hop’s adored anti-heroes, the constantly innovative MF Doom (commonly just referred to as DOOM, in all caps) won plaudits for both his incisive, direct rhymes and his jagged, sample-heavy production style. The MC/producer born Daniel Dumile, once … Continue reading MF DOOM – The Man, The Myth, The LEGEND. (A Brief History).
Here is our 3rd instalment of our bi-weekly playlist update. We have scoured the internet to bring you some of the latest alternative hip-hop and RnB music released by artists on our radar. Kings Cvstle released their EP which we … Continue reading For the Culture – Playlist Update 3
‘Brown Kohinoor‘ is Andrea Kristin’s first full body of work and it is breathtaking. Tackling the lack of representation of the Indian population in hip-hop music, she shows there is talent there and it may be time to show it. … Continue reading Andrea Kristin’s Debut Album ‘Brown Kohinoor’ is Breathtaking.
David Kofi is a London-based artist and instrumentalist who makes music influenced by Gospel, Jazz, RnB & Neo-Soul. His love for music started when he was introduced to Gospel music at age 13, although he began piano training at age … Continue reading David Kofi Releases Instrumental 2-track EP – ‘Kokoro II’
East London born, Identical twin duo Kings Cvstle are a testament to the fact that hard work really does pay off. Following its highly anticipated release earlier this year, their single ‘Rome’ featuring rapper Paradox flew straight into the Hip … Continue reading Kings Cvstle release their debut EP ‘En Route’.
Welcome back to Culture Statements. It’s time again for our bi-weekly playlist update, highlighting our favourite new songs from artists in our community. This week we have a range of sounds, heavily influenced by alternative hip-hop. There are some notable … Continue reading For the Culture – Playlist Update 2.
W-lar (pronounced “well-ahh”) is a London-based music producer and songwriter. He has always had a keen interest in music production, starting in childhood with piano lessons, and the video game Music 2000 for the original Playstation. At age 11, he had downloaded … Continue reading Overthinking – A Sonic Journey Produced by W-Lar