Trap music has dominated both the hip-hop world and the pop charts for virtually all of the 2010’s. Artists like Future, Migos and Lil Uzi Vert have undeniably became some of the biggest names in […]

Trap music has dominated both the hip-hop world and the pop charts for virtually all of the 2010’s. Artists like Future, Migos and Lil Uzi Vert have undeniably became some of the biggest names in […]
From LDN to NCL, UK rap legend Giggs brought an all-star cast from the capital to Newcastle on the first UK date of his Hollowman tour at O2 Academy Newcastle. Tiny Boost, Ms Banks, Ambush, […]
Ocean Wisdom invaded Newcastle University’s student union with a lyrical force so powerful that by the end of the concert the crowd had developed a collective repetitive strain injury from constantly shaking their heads. Wisdom […]
The political landscape of the UK is fucked right now. Boris Johnson, the once lovable Tory clown, is now running the country unelected and the Brexit situation is heading to its car crash of a […]
In 2015, a reclusive twenty-something by the name of Joe Mulherin took to putting his dark inner struggles to music and uploading the resulting melancholic emo-spliced-hip-hop to Soundcloud, and thus, Nothing, Nowhere was born. Fast […]
Arriving at Leazes Park for the first ever Tower Fest I really wasn’t sure what to expect. Getting people to hip-hop events in Newcastle is difficult at the best of times, never mind when you’re […]
Asylum Events’ biggest gig to date saw one of the fastest rising grime emcees in the country, Kamakaze, come to WHQ Newcastle last weekend. After an hour of heavy beats and sharp mixing, courtesy of […]
This week’s Artist of the Week is Fungi Ferg, a Teesside rapper whose just dropped the first single from his highly anticipated ‘HIGH’ mixtape. Ferg is the latest rapper from the recent wave of Teesside […]