Category: Music News


  • RED BULL CULTURE CLASH RETURNS TO LONDON

    Red Bull Culture Clash is making its long-anticipated return to London next March. After almost 10 years since their 2016 event held at London’s O2, Red Bull is returning in 2025 to crown the UK’s next sound clash winner. For one night only, four crews repping the best of Electronic, UK Rap, Afro, and Caribbean music…

  • Hillarynx Releases Powerful Nu-Jazz Ballad Examining Human Suffering

    Renowned for her dynamic tone, Hillarynx and her band are set to release a spellbinding composition that delves deep into the nature of human suffering called “the 3rd” (Preview). The nu-jazz ballad centres around the poignant question, “Why must we suffer, from one another?” and invites listeners to confront and reflect on the harsh realities…

  • MADE YOU LOOK: How Hip Hop Impacted Creative Culture in Europe

    Polaroid are excited to announce the public release of their documentary, Made You Look, exploring the influence of Hip Hop on creative culture in London, Amsterdam and Paris. Exploring art, music, lifestyle and photography from various disciplines and across generations, Made You Look tells the stories of UK pioneers including Charlie Dark (founder Run Dem Crew), Solomon ‘Soulz’ Boyede (co-founder Places+Faces) and Joseph McDermott (founder Victory Lap Radio).…

  • UD have opened the second phase of applications for new fully-funded Elevator Membership Programme

    Calling all unsigned artists, producers, musicians, instrumentalists, DJs, podcasters, photographers,videographers, journalists & graphic designers!Level up in 2024 with UD’s Talent House offering – the Elevator Membership ProgrammeThrough their partnership with Sony Music UK, made possible via the music company’s UK SocialJustice Fund, up to 50 young Black music creatives and start-ups will be offered subsidisedMembership…

  • ADEKUNLE GOLD BRINGS BREATHTAKING SHOW TO LONDON’S ICONIC OVO ARENA WEMBLEY

    Building serious buzz worldwide over the years and with his latest single ‘The Life I Chose’, Nigerian phenomenon Adekunle Gold wrapped his headline UK tour last night with a sensational show at London’s iconic OVO Wembley Arena. Kicking-off with dates at Forum Birmingham and Albert Hall in Manchester last week, last night’s show saw Adekunle Gold bring his one-of-a-kind stage performance to a…

  • Newham natives – Kieron Boothe & ToluShorts link up for their first collab

    The song was recorded in one night and blends Boothe’s hip-hop flow with Tolu’s dark, gritty production seamlessly. The two originally met through the creation of The Silhouettes Project back in 2019 but never managed to finish and release any music until now. Kieron said ‘I was inspired by Pusha T working with Kanye and…

  • [RAP IN PAPER]’S LATEST FREESTYLE – MANGA 

    [rap in paper]‘s latest session with the grime veteran Manga Saint Hilare dropped last week. An OG from his Roll Deep days, Manga is the latest in grime royalty to grace the platform as London legends D Double E and P Money did before him. Rap in paper fuses music and design to take the…

  • £MONZO TALKS ‘S.I.T’ AND MORE [@3MONZ0]

    £MONZO’s slick bars and alluring cadence in ‘S.I.T’ is only the start of the noise she’s about to make in the music scene, and we got the chance to talk about it and more with her. Nicole: Tell us who you are and what you do? £MONZO: My name is £MONZO, and I’m a rapper from…

  • Piano People Are Taking Over Drumsheds for The Biggest Amapiano Show In The World

    On Sunday November 19th 2023 Piano People prepares to transform Drumsheds into an Amapiano haven. With Major League DJz set to headline, the festival promises an unforgettable night of good vibes, infectious energy and non stop Pianooo Pianooo! Amapiano, a genre originating from the vibrant streets of South Africa, has swiftly captured the hearts of…

  • KWOLLEM DROPS ‘MELO’-AN ALBUM FULL OF POLISHED BEATS AND LYRICS [@kwollem]

    Super producer & fashion mogul, KwolleM, drops his long-awaited project, Melo—an album full of rich, meticulous beats and polished, introspective bars. Melo, named after KwolleM’s daughter, is the core of his musicality, as he seamlessly mixes an array of influences while delivering well-thought-out bars that draw on moments of vulnerability. Welcome to the world of a man…