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Richard Spaven [jazz/hip-hop]

Jon Hipkiss - an Evening You Won't Regret Unless You Don't Like It - Nottingham Comedy Festival

The Mouse Outfit Feat Koj & Ayite [ Hip Hop]

The Undercover Hippy

Smif-n-wessun [hip-hop]

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #3: Emily Catherine on Hip-Hop, Fine art, Album Covers, Graffiti and Her New Exhibition

Welcome to the third episode of our ‘LeftLion Interviews’ podcast. Our guest is the incredibly talented artist and illustrator Emily Catherine...

Hippie Death Cult

Hip Hop Apprenticeship Company

Juga- Naut [hip-hop]

A night of HipHop w/ J. Littles

Richard Douglas (aka Joe Buhdha): Voices from Nottingham's Windrush Generation

To celebrate Black History Month and the 75th anniversary of Windrush we have been working with the New Art Exchange and their NAE YOUnity Commission funded by Freelands Foundation. Our aim is to highlight the voices of Nottingham's Windrush generation and some of the challenges they faced...

Everybodys Talking About Jamie, Micky Flanagan and a Hip Hop Block Party. Heres Whats on in Nottingham This Week, 25th September - 1st October

A week with something for everyone, if you're a gig lover, aspiring yogi or perhaps even fancy yourself as a detective, we've got you. Read on for all that and more that you could dabble in this week...

A Brief History of Hip-Hop and Rhyme in Nottingham

On 11 August 2023, people from around the world will celebrate the 50th birthday of Hip-Hop (half a century since DJ Kool Herc’s famous ‘Back to school jam’ in The Bronx, NYC). Over the years Nottingham has also played a part in shaping its popularity in the UK. Claude Money goes through a brief history of Hip-Hop and rhyme in Nottingham.

The Thompsons on Pub Names, Vintage and Antiques, and Hip-Hop

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Meet Jayahadadream, Nottingham’s Hip Hop Sensation Set to Take the Music Industry by Storm

Raised in Cambridge with Jamaican and Irish heritage, Jayahadadream moved to Nottingham in 2018 to study at university. Since then, her time has been split between the two locations, and we were lucky enough to catch her for a chat in our LeftLion offices while she was visiting our city for the weekend…

Breakin' Convention: The Boundary-Breaking Hip Hop Event Taking Over the Theatre Royal

Ever heard of Breakin’ Convention? If not, why not? It’s only been around for twenty years, and has changed the theatre industry as we know it. This May, the Convention is returning to the Royal Concert Hall, bringing the finest acts in breaking, popping, locking, and krumping to the historic venue - and giving you a chance to see what all the fuss is about first-hand. Ahead of the exciting event, we chat to Jonzi-D, hip hop legend and the brains behind it all, about street dance, the stage scene, and everything in between… 

Gig Review: The Undercover Hippy at The Bodega

Drum and Bass MC turned singer songwriter The Undercover Hippy visits The Bodega...

In Photos: The Undercover Hippy and State of Satta

Drum and Bass MC turned singer songwriter The Undercover Hippy visits The Bodega...

The Undercover Hippy

Selectors: DJ Fever

In the second installment of this new video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's DJ Fever...

JD & The FDCs + The Hip Priests

6 of the Most Hipster Coffees in Notts

Life is rarely ever boring. So why should your coffee be?

Louis Cypher on Notts Hip Hop, Mental Health, and His Second Solo EP

Nottingham hip hop staple Louis Cypher is set to launch his second solo EP, Cypher Sore Eyes, at The Maze this Friday. We sat down with the rapper in the Fox & Grapes to get a potted history of his music career, and to find out more on the new release…

1st Blood Release Creativity Crisis After a Five-Year Album Hiatus

Pete Chilvers is the man behind Nottingham hip hop camp 1st Blood. His day-ones include Ty Healy, Louis Cypher, Liam Bailey and Cappo, to name just a few, and in his younger years he was under the wing of Bristolian monolith Tricky as a label signee. After a five-year release hiatus, 1st Blood have stuck a new album into the airwaves, so we thought we’d catch up with the man on the buttons...

Live Music Review: Tee Peters at Rough Trade Nottingham

We got down to Rough Trade Nottingham to check out Tee Peter’s new EP launch…