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![La Swave [@LaSwaveTweets] wants you to “Stay The Night” with new single featuring EllzBS [@ellzBS] and Malo](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/C80mm-7XcAAItBX.jpg)
You may recognise La Swave from collective “Hella Turnt” but this time, La Swave is back with a bang as he drops new single “Stay The Night” featuring EllzBS from Badside and Malo. La Swave kicks off the track with lyrics that let’s us know this song here is for the ladies. “Why don’t you stay the night, keep…
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![Hip-Hop talk with Tokyo the Producer [@tokyoxo]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TOKYO_edited-2.jpg)
Who would you say your favourite old school hip-hop artist is? I really like Run DMC. I like them not just because of the music, but also because of their branding. From the way they used their vocals to the way they wore their Superstars. Very inspiring. I got my love of Superstars from them.…
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![5 minutes with [@wxveyhex] HEX](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-09-at-12.13.28.png)
Over the past couple of weeks, Hex has been blowing up the socials with his melodic and wavey sounds with his new track “Limitless”. He has had radio plays from BBC Radio 1Xtra to premiers on Complex, to interviews with Kenny Allstar on Radar Radio, the stylish artist is ticking all the right boxes. I…
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Labelled ‘a mainstay of the UK festival circuit’, Strawberries & Creem is certainly putting Cambridge on the map as one of the country’s fastest-growing independents. The event has doubled in size every year since it started in 2014 – entertaining over 10,000 revellers this year. This year’s festival is headlined by no other than Jamaican…
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What a way to start the week. Edward Enninful, has been named new Editor-in-Chief at British Vogue, by publishing house Conde Nast yesterday. The announcement has been received and celebrated across the industry and seen as progression for an industry constantly criticized for not being inclusive and representing diversity. And for an industry massively…
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Over the last couple of years, the fascination with UK rap and grime has grown to an international level, with the likes of Skepta, Stormzy, Dave and Little Simz, receiving critical acclaim in the so called ‘promise land’, America, as well as throughout the world. One potential reason for the growth and newfound interest in…
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![WizKid [@wizkidayo], drops “Come Closer” music video featuring Drake [@Drake] directed by Daps [@FlexGodDaps]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Wizkid-Come-Closer-Video-ft.-Drake-Directed-by-DAPs.png)
The long awaited video by Nigeria’s very own Star Boy, WizKid and Canadian superstar Drake has finally dropped. In my opinion, the marriage of the visuals and the track were spot on. Nigerian-born, Daps otherwise known as “Flex God Daps” is definitely the perfect director for the job. Daps is the director that gave us the…
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![GUAP Playlist 001: Curated by [@thatsoshay_]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Playlist-Template.jpg)
It’s a brand-new month, so what better way to celebrate the month of April than with a new Guap playlist – 001. If you are unfamiliar with Bassette then familiarise yourself with ‘Boys with Guitars’ featuring the lovely Ms Banks for your daily dosage of British R&B. Prepare yourself for heavenly vocals with a killer…
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This year started off with a bang for music and to be honest it’s been a real whirlwind for the UK in terms of the quality of the music we’ve produced. Here is my breakdown of what has been hot so far; Albums, Tracks, Artists and all the bits in between here is; The LowDown…
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![The Hate you Give by Angie Thomas [@acthomasbooks]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/32613366.jpg)
New York Best seller Author Angie Thomas has written a book that reflects the detrimental problems that black societies are facing everyday globally. Police brutality has become a stigma that people are use to hearing but it does not diminish the important fact that police brutality has been responsible for hundreds of deaths in the…