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Month: September 2018

Posted on September 24, 2018April 7, 2019
  • London Hip-Hop

Cockney Translation: Smiley Culture, Fast Chat and its effect on UK Hip-Hop

To quote Kool Herc, ‘hip-hop and reggae are cousins’. I’m sure most people reading this are familiar with the origins of hip-hop. A young Jamaican…

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Posted on September 23, 2018April 7, 2019
  • London Hip-Hop

All in the Ghetto: Gentrification and Hip-Hop in London

The song above is by Anglo-German band Jahcoozi, who’s vocalist is a London-born Sri Lankan woman called Sasha Perera. The song, “Takin Your Streets”, is…

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Posted on September 22, 2018April 7, 2019
  • London Hip-Hop

The Merit of London Posse

A few days ago I was talking to a friend of mine who asked me why Rodney P is considered the first British rapper. This…

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Posted on September 20, 2018April 7, 2019
  • London Hip-Hop
  • Long Read

How’s Life in London: An Historical and Sociological Analysis of the London Hip-Hop Scene

‘Rap music changes faces in different societies’ (Krims, 2000: 5). Whatever your opinion on hip-hop, its impact on contemporary popular music cannot be denied. From…

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Posted on September 1, 2018April 7, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Where You’re From or Where You’re At: Mapping Rappers in London

To quote Sun Ra (1973), ‘space is the place’, and there is no style of music more grounded in place than hip-hop. Hip-hop ‘takes the…

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