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Zydeco Cowboys: where hip hop partyin' meets country life

A world of Creole cool — In the Louisiana countryside, trail rides are blowing up: fusing zydeco music with rap, blending the old world with the new. But can traditionalists accept that you’ve gotta evolve to stay alive?

  • Culture
  • Gwendolen von Einsiedel

Inside the unlikely hip hop scene taking root in Italy

Brothers in the barrios — On the outskirts of Milan, a divided city rife with tension, photographer Roberto Ramirez has uncovered a stigmatised community bonding over the power of rap.

  • Music
  • Cian Traynor

Musician Naomi Pilgrim says it's time to ditch that racist friend

Do it, do it now — It's time to leave your comfort zone and confront bigots, no matter how close they are to you, says Swedish-Barbadian rising star Naomi Pilgrim.

  • Music
  • Marta Bausells

Iceland's female hip-hop collective is changing the game

Daughters of Reykjavik — With songs about slut-shaming and body positivity, Iceland's punkest hip-hop crew are finally putting the country's female rappers on the map.

  • Magazine
  • Katy Beth Young

The Delhi b-boys breaking down barriers of caste and class

Bollywood Breaks — Think New York City is hip hop’s only home? In cities across India, from Delhi to Mumbai, a new generation of b-boy pioneers are taking over abandoned spaces and transforming them into energetic block parties that transcend both caste and class.

  • Culture
  • Cinnamon Nippard

Awate: The North London rapper fighting for racial justice

Music video premiere — Awate premieres 'Uncontrollable Dopeness' on Huck and talks about confronting racism on the streets and his family’s freedom fighting heritage.

  • Music
  • Alex King

The rappers who took down an African 'dictator'

The Revolution Won't be Televised — Filmmaker Rama Thiaw documented how rappers Thiat and Kilifeu led Senegal’s Y’en a Marre youth resistance movement to topple despised president Abdoulaye Wade.

  • Film
  • Alex King

Cakes da Killa: A fresh voice shaking up hip-hop

A serious slice of attitude — Having shot to attention for being an openly gay rapper with a dirty mind, Cakes da Killa is steering attention back to where it should be: his skills on the mic.

  • Music
  • Cian Traynor

Stretch & Bobbito: The story of hip hop’s greatest tastemakers

Radio that changed lives — From Nas to Jay Z, Eminem to Notorious B.I.G., some of the biggest rappers got their start on an independent, underground radio show in the middle of the night. Now its story is finally getting the recognition it deserves.

  • Music
  • Cian Traynor

The all-girl hip-hop label taking on the boys and killing it

Welcome to Peach House — Redefining what it means to be a woman in the male-dominated music industry, Blimes Brixton and her Los Angeles girl gang have been making waves with their independent label, Peach House.

  • Hip Hop
  • Ella Sadie Guthrie

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