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For the past year or so, Steel Banglez had been a little quiet on the music front. After the passing of his good friend Sidhu Moose Wala, the producer understandably took a little time out of the limelight. He returned last month with “Mera Na”, the third posthumous release from Wala that also served as Banglez’s […]
Toronto rapper Northsidebenji has teamed up with British rapper Unknown T for transatlantic collaboration “One In The Chamber.” Though it’s more Toronto rap than UK Drill, Unknown T sounds right at home on the nocturnal and shadowy beat. Unknown T’s first verse sounds like it could have soundtracked a heist movie. “Leave that phone go around get drenchy / […]
Building on its collaborative releases with Paria Farzaneh, Kerwin Frost and Stüssy earlier this year, Beats has now teamed up with Amsterdam-based Daily Paper for a pair of Studio Buds inspired by New York’s ’80s and ’90s hip-hop and graffiti scene. The noise-cancelling wireless buds come rendered in white, along with a graffiti-inspired iteration of the Daily Paper shield logo. Similarly, a white […]
As the winter frost coats the country and the after effects of Storm Arwen ripple down the east coast, Young T & Bugsey have done the decent thing and connected with Unknown T to warm us all up with new latest heater “Roberto C”. The Nottingham duo have had a big year in 2021, notching up some major streaming numbers with Not3s […]
Following a couple of perfectly-aimed singles and a flawless Billionaire Boys Club x PLACES + FACES collaboration, Unknown T is back with the jewel in this year’s crown: his brand new mixtape, Adolescence. The rapper first announced the tape back in June with a COLORS performane of “Goodums” and then quickly followed it up with “Driller Sh!t” earlier […]
Ahead of the release of his mixtape “Adolescence” at the end of the month, Unknown T has linked up with PLACES+FACES and Billionaires Boys Club for a surprise merch drop. Opting for BBC’s most renowned motif, the co-branded collaboration arrives with a spaceman-esque image of the rapper donning PLACES+FACES signature shades. Printed on the reverse are […]
Over the past decade and a bit, the resourcefulness of British music, particularly Black British music, has made it the cultural powerhouse it is today. Rappers and producers from the UK are now setting pace across the globe, but a big part of that success is owed to the tireless creatives working behind the cameras. […]
As we wave goodbye to another year in the terrordome and try not to think about what 2021 will bring, we can at least be grateful that British musicians somehow managed to top the year before—no mean feat, given the blockbuster works 2019 gave us. Established dons like Footsie, Manga and Potter Payper all released […]
Last year, we opened this feature with the words “2019 has been strongly mixed”, and given the thunderstorm of horror that has been 2020—a dreadful cocktail of a globe-trotting deadly virus, worldwide economic devastation and worsening race relations—we’d do just about anything to go back to those halcyon days. However! Music, as always, has been an […]
News has emerged that “Homerton B” rapper Unknown T, real name Daniel Lena, has been charged with murder and violent disorder. The victim of the accused, Steven Narvaez-Jara from Belvedere near Kent, was fatally stabbed at a party in Islington, London, in the small hours of January 1, 2018. Police were reportedly called by the London Ambulance […]
