Interview by Scott Bejda You are from São Paulo, Brazil. What was it like growing up there? Growing up in São Paulo is living in the middle of chaos. I am from Guaratinguetá – 012 (Paraíba Valley), the most dangerous region of the state of the largest capital in Latin America. Here is the real...
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Casper Grey
Interview and Photos by Matt Sonzala It’s 2024. Do you consider your music Grime? Hmmmm. I’d say to me, Grime, just like punk is a cultural attitude so yes, but I wouldn’t say yes to people who didn’t get that. So I probably wouldn’t say that this is Grime to an American audience. Listening to...
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Confucius MC
London, UK Interview & Photos by Matt Sonzala London has always been an important city for music in general and I know hip hop has always been a part of it but was maybe overlooked on an international scene. A city this big, I compare it to Toronto where Drake broke out finally but that...
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DJ Semtex
Interview and Photos by Matt Sonzala I’ve followed your career for a long time and I want to talk about your long, storied history in hip hop, but one thing I have watched you do over the years is be able to adapt with the times. As we get older a lot of people turn...
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Ekiti Sound
Interview and Photos by Matt Sonzala Last time I was with you, I was in Lagos, Nigeria, and I know you live there but what is your connection to London? It’s great to be back with you again. London is a place I spent a lot of time as a child. I was born in...
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44 Kalliya
Interview by Black Dog Bone Maybe its been like 9 or 10 years now from the time I had met when I did the first interview with you for murder dog magazine. Then you were called Middle Finger and the group was called Dirty 44. What made you change your name to 44 Kalliya. Sri Lankan culture...
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Babaluku
by Black Dog Bone What does your name mean? Baba means elderly father respected in various Africa not direct so not only in Uganda but also Kenya. In Tanzania baba means a figure of respect. Luku, I was doing a project and uniting Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania so when I got to Dar Es Salaam...
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GNL Samba
by Black Dog Bone People say you are the first hip hop artist in Uganda to rap in Lugaflow and go mainstream. I mean, you played a major role in inspiring other young, up and coming rappers to rap in Lugaflow and you made it really big in the commercial world. Babaluku is the first to...
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St. Nelly Sade
by Black Dog Bone How did you get your name? St. Nelly Sade derives from my real name and my girl friends song. Am Nellyson originally I had to cut it short and then treasure her memory. I had a girl friend and when we were in a relationship she died of lung cancer so...
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RAM MC
by Black Dog Bone Tell us your name and where we are and everything. I am Kigozimarvinaliaslm, the poet from Talanta youth movement Bavubuka all-star dance flow and the black race movement. Am a rapper and a poet and am in the line of building hip hop in my community to transform people’s lives. Where...
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