African Hip Hop Festival in London
There’s the first ever African Hip Hop Festival AFROLUTION happening in London and we wish we could be there… init? All the best boys – Bigs up to all of ya.
Afrolution
8 October 2007
7pm
Cargo: 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3AY
Tel: 0207 739 3440
Liverpool Street or Old Street tube, buses 35 or 55
10 pounds…
We’re proud to bring some of the hottest African Hip Hop artists on the scene to London. ‘The Afrolution African Hip Hop Festival’, is Europe’s first ever African Hip Hop festival. Our aim is to create a ‘home away from home’ for Hip Hop heads in the London diaspora.
London is still one of the biggest destination for immigrants from Africa, and there is a very vibrant scene, but as yet no event specifically highlighting the power of African Hip Hop has ever been staged here. Some of the guys have tracks on Afrolution Vol 1 – check out the site to listen to their tunes and then get your asses down to the show and support the movement!
So who’s on board?
Migrant Souls – Arguably Africa’s most established and respected MC, Metaphysics from Zimbabwe is an accomplished Hip Hop lyricist, media personality and performer. He’s worked with some of the biggest names in the world (Busta Rhymes, Mariah Carey, Slum Village etc), is currently based in Germany and is the MC for the multi platinum selling German artist Xavier Naidoo. Nu-Reggae legend Laygwan Sharkie is the second member of the group and is also a vocalist with the highly successful German artist Patrice. Together their explosive Hip Hop show aims to set the venue on fire. Check out some of their tracks on our site.
Wawesh – Robert Wawero Kiboy hails from the notorious Pumuwani Estate in Kenya. He raps in his native Swahili dialect and was responsible for the infectious 2005 single, ‘Mjanja’. This will be his first performance in the UK and will be highly anticipated by the London based Kenyan community.
Kimba / Real Elements – Kimba Andersen is the co-founder of Real Elements. This versatile Hip Hop outfit from Malawi are at the cutting edge of African Hip Hop culture, bringing colour and much-needed conscious lyrics to the fore.
Divided Kingdom Republic (DKR) – newcomers, Zimbabwean rappers Munyaradzi Nota and Kudzi Mambara are currently based in London and are poised to release a brand new album that looks set to catapult them to the forefront of global African Hip Hop.
Galaxy High – Babou Nian is one of Gambia’s most accomplished MCs and has opened for luminaries like Redman, The Roots, Jeru the Damaja and Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah.
Trenton Birch – MC for the concert will be Trenton Birch, considered a pioneer in the African Music scene, he is the head of Afrolution Records / Black Mango Music and the front man for the band, Free Radical. From Johannesburg but also raised in Kenya, Bahrain and Nigeria, Trenton has a solid background in the music industry and is currently based in London.
DJ Edu – (BBC 1Xtra) – co-MC Massive support comes from London based Edu, originally from Kenya. Edu is at the forefront of driving the African movement via his radio show on BBC 1 Xtra.
DJ Freestyle – a newcomer to the scene, Freestyle is pushing African Urban sounds as a well respected member of Voice of Africa Radio.
AFRICA’S TIME IS COMING!!
