Tag: News
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Tweneboa’s Twitter bio aptly reads, “Tearing the singlets of Housing Providers across the U.K.”. We spoke to the 23-year-old social housing activist, university student and emerging artist about what life looks like for him now, following his viral social media campaign.
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![Parklife Festival [@Parklifefest] Announces Huge 2022 Lineup Including Tyler, The Creator, 50 Cent, Tems, PinkPantheress and more](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PL22-ARTWORK-1024x725-1.png)
Parklife is back taking over Manchester’s Heaton Park on 11th-12th June 2022 with some of the biggest names in world music as well as some ones to watch. Today, Parklife has announced the lineup for the Manchester festival that prides itself on putting on one of the biggest and most diverse line-ups you can experience.…
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![POWER UP [@TimeToPowerUp_] is back for its second year of empowering Black music creators and industry professionals](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pexels-luis-quintero-2833037-scaled-1.jpeg)
Following on for their strong first year POWER UP have announced the deadline for applications for their second year. Starting in 2021 aiming to break down barriers for Black music creators and industry professionals POWER UP is back again for its 2022 programme. POWER UP invites 20 Black music creators (artists, songwriters, composers and producers who are…
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Trace Made In Africa is set to be the biggest celebration of Afro-Caribbean music and culture this Summer taking place from June 24th-26th 2022 in Porto, Portugal. Last week Trace officially revealed Trace Made In Africa which is set to take over Portugal for a 72 hour non-stop celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture in partnership with…
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January 18th, 2022 – Today, GUAP can proudly announce that we are joining the Apple Music family as an official curator and are kicking off the New Year with five exclusive playlists launching this week: Icons, ALT/RAP, Alté Sounds, Emerge: UK and Rhythm & Bangers. Icons is a time capsule of the culture. It is…
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![The Great Escape [@thegreatescape] 2022 FIRST FIFTY Announced](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/KAM-BU-Press-pic-scaled-e1631702877307-180x180.jpg)
The Great Escape’s FIRST FIFTY live launch is back bigger and better than ever. Today The Great Escape Festival has not only announced their first fifty acts, they’ve also announced a set of shows in November – including one hosted by GUAP. 8 of the shows will be in London as is standard for the…
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![M1llionz, WSTRN, Afro B + more at Noo Limit Festival 2021 [@Noolimitfest]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-180x180.jpeg)
Noo Limit Festival is a brand-new festival set to take place July 24th 2021 at Springfield Farm, St. Albans. Founded by London The Plug who manages The Gorillaz and brought Cardi B to the UK for her first show you know the quality is going to be there.The intimate festival for up to 5000 people…
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![Cloud X [@cloudxworld] announces 2021 festival date in partnership with Metropolis Music [@MetropolisMusic]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/uk-0808-1432522-1731940-front-180x180.jpeg)
Cloud X Festival has evolved from a group of friends grilling food & listening to music in a parking lot in South-east London to a thriving day festival in London’s Studio 338. With the team at Metropolis Music & a track record for spotting the future greats, Cloud X will be curating another line up…
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![The second episode of [@beatsbydreUK]’s INFORMAL series centres itself around Black Women and is led by [@AmplifyDot] and featuring [@shaybomusic], [@evssofficial_] & [@TemiMwale]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/all1.v1-180x180.jpg)
On the latest episode of INFORMAL Dotty, Shaybo, Eva and Temi talk about the Black female experience and how it lends itself to speaking out on social justice. Beats by Dr. Dre’s INFORMAL series brings together leading UK artists and influential names in culture to discuss trending topics important to Black British communities. Hosted by Apple…
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![News: Rapman [@RealRapman] lands new directorial roll in Paramount Pictures backed film ‘American Son’](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1305470_rapmanscreensize_586635-180x180.jpg)
Following the success of Blue Story, Rapman has landed a new directorial role with his first announced cast member being Russell Crowe. Rapman needs no introduction at this stage but it’s nice to see that his reach is expanding and efforts are paying off. Having had a huge hit on his hands with Blue Story…