Gil Scott-Heron was a poet, jazz musician and rap pioneer who used mordant lyrics to express his views on politics and culture.
There seems to have been something that has always stopped the Beastie Boys from operating on the timescale to which most bands stick.
It’s hip hop night in Khartoum and the crowd is ready to boogie as the DJ spins his turntable and the rapper from the Darfur belts out lyrics.
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/ 15 January 2010
Underground music icon Tumi Molekane has featured a host of super commercial stars on his second solo effort, <em>Whole Worlds</em>.
A refreshing change from many recording artists who figure fame places them not merely in another world, but in another time zone too.
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/ 8 February 2008
A new film pushes stars to justify the genre’s violence and misogyny.