If you’re from a gen’ of hip-hoppers who attempted to bust a move while watching Wild Style or Beat Street (on repeat, of course), here’s the sort of rare homage to the good ‘ol days that should be in your diary. The Popin’ Pete Pop Shop has dropped into town…
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If you thought hip-hop dance could only come in the form of a guilty pleasure (see the entire Step Up critically-dubious dance movie franchise) then think again. There’s skill in them there steps, and UK hip-hop dance legend Jonzi D is back with a Sadler’s Wells show to prove it.…
What do Labrinth, Professor Green and dance crew Diversity all have in common? Aside for their obvious affinity to hip-hop, they were once unknown names that first earned their stripes at The Jump Off – one of the capital’s most energetic arenas for burgeoning talent where, since 2003, the battles…
As they say in the US, “game recognises game” – and hip-hoppers rarely hesitate to bestow honour upon its pioneers for teaching those next in line a thing or two – and the new kids who are doing it so well. So there’s moments tonight when, despite being age-mates, Public…
When it comes to Drake, critics like to focus on the 25-year-old Canadian’s excessive compulsion to over-sentimentalise his rapid flight to fame and the many women he’s slept with (plus the ones who got away), often disregarding that it takes a certain kind of man to present all that mushy…
A bit like the Royal Variety Show, but without your Royal Majesty sitting in a crown and a gown, DONG is the night where comedians, dancers, DJs and hip-hop karaoke merge to create a delicious mash-up of all things fun and glorious. It only happens every two months and it…