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New documentary Rubble Kings shows how hip hop grew out of New York gang culture

The Warriors in real life — Bombed-out buildings, empty blocks, rampant fighting – NYC was rough.

  • Culture
  • Joshua Gabert-Doyon

How Dan Bull became one of the biggest MCs in the UK with no radio play

Good rhymes are good rhymes — Meet Dan Bull, the DIY rapper who topped the charts with perseverance alone.

  • Music
  • Rob Boffard

Roots Manuva on renewing his ‘eternal Peter Pan’ to leap into the unknown

New album Bleeds out this week — As Roots Manuva, Rodney Smith takes wild seeds scattered across the globe – from leafy suburbia to the streets of Jamaica – and grows something new.

  • Music
  • Alex King

Tribe NYC are breathing fresh life into ’90s hip hop culture

Bass, boomboxes and big hair — Brooklyn-based art and music collective Tribe NYC are surfing a revival of old skool hip hop culture - and showing everyone else how it should be done.

  • 90s
  • Alex King

Street artists to battle it out in Leake Street Tunnel

The Battle of Waterloo — The cans are drawn. London’s finest graffiti writers go head-to-head for a cash prize on Saturday August 22.

  • Art
  • Alex King

Busdriver on self-deprecation and the uplifting power of rap

Poetry, protest and Perfect Hair — LA rapper Busdriver is doing hip hop his own way: self-managing a slow-burning but immensely credible career.

  • Music
  • Cormac O'Brien

A merry fortress of alternative music at Citadel Festival

Field Notes — The first ever Citadel Festival announced its presence with a glittering lineup and good vibes in East London’s Victoria Park.

  • Top Picks
  • Ricardo Miguel Vieira

Raury on the art of audacious street hustling

Self-promotion, social media and steez — Stealing fans is not underhand if you do it with a smile, explains 18-year-old Atlanta rapper Raury.

  • Music
  • Osia Katsidou

Hip hop duo Atmosphere on a quarter-century of hustle

Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, rapper Slug, of hip hop duo Atmosphere, explains how the group has managed to stay at the top of the independent heap.

  • Music
  • Huck HQ / Nick McGregor

The untold story of the forgotten grandfather of rap

Documentary shines light on Hustler's Convention — Jalal Mansur Nuriddin aka Lightnin' Rod's pivotal album Hustler's Convention set the template for hip hop to come - but it disappeared underground and his contribution was never acknowledged. Now filmmaker Mike Todd is helping put the record straight.

  • Hip Hop
  • Alex Robert Ross

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