Stefan Paul - Sketch Designs

Stefan Paul is an artist from East London, mostly known for his portraits designs and most recently as tattooist and interior designer. You could say his talent runs in the family, as his brother Shawn Paul, who is also his business partner, started the Sketch Designs company back in 2005, which is now a company they both own and have been running ever since . Their work has caught the eye of...

Michael Leon Carr - Hennessy

Michael Leon Carr formally known as MenaCe is a 20 year old musician from Manchester. Like many others he has gained motivation and influence from up and coming artists like himself he says ‘Manchester is a small place and the music seems to unite us all.’ Although he has been writing for the past 6 years and has featured on radio stations such as BBC 1xtra, Unity and WFM he feels he has only recently...

Big Cakes - Blue Cheese

'I've always loved music and always wrote lyrics, so taking it on a professional level was the only thing that made sense', say Big Cakes who is a hip hop musician from East London. Earlier this year he released his mixtape 'Preheat' which featured artists such as Raggo Zulu Rebel, Flow Dan, Sherry Davis and Morfius. Since then he has released his debut album 'Blue Cheese'.  I thought I'd catch...

Jimmy Snookz and Skipper - The Regime

Jimmy Snookz and Skipper formally know as Jahmal Tchikaya and Simon Suckram from North London are the duo behind the UK Rap collective The Regime. They are determined to produce and broadcast their new sound to the nation' as well as  'bring 'a new exciting look and feel to the UK hip hip scene'. Although they originally started off as Grime MC's...

Ashley-Rae Tapping & Abi Fashesin - Loud Culture

Ashley-Rae Tapping and Abi Fashesin are the duo the label Loud Culture. They decided to combine their love for journalism and fashion in order to create an empire. The duo met just over six years ago, but since then they have not only constructed a business, but also a sisterhood that allows women to 'be seen and heard through what they wear'. I thought I'd catch up with Ashley-Rae herself to find...

MyM - Hold Me Down

‘Hold Me Down’ is the debut single from Maryam Shofowora formally known as MyM.  She is a 23 year old musician from South London who has often been compared to the likes of Shingai from the The Noisettes and Adele due to her unique eltro-indie-pop music style. Similar to a majority of musicians MyM's career started at a young age, in her case 7 years old which is where she began imitating the...

E.gle - The Take Off

E.gle is a 22 year old musician from North London who 'makes music for the world to relate to'. Although he has been making music for a while, he officially made an impact in the scene in 2010 as he got the chance to work with a lot more artists such as Nadine Caesar, Lunakidz, Kaptin, Rago, Tu Tu and more. He has recently released his first mixtape ‘The Takeoff’ I thought I'd catch...

Sir Spikes - Cast the First Stone

‘I’ve always been into music from a young age, I used to turn all the pots upside down and beat them with sticks' says 21 year old Samuel Jimmah formally known as Sir Spikes from East London, who is a musician, poet and aspiring actor. After migrating to the UK, just over 10 years ago he found his love for music. Samuel is currently working on his forthcoming mixtape 'Cast the First Stone' which...

Tribal Man Magz - 21 Dares

‘We keep it global not local’ says Kofi formally known as Tribal Man Mags who brought us the infectious funky house anthem ‘Tribal Man Skank’ back in 2009. Tribal Man is a musician from East London who originally started out his career at pirate radio stations such as Axe FM and Flava FM but immediately accumulated a huge following propelling him into the limelight via BBC 1xtra, Choice FM and Kiss...

Cyko Logic & Strata G - Valleys to the Alleys

‘As a collective we're just trying to express who we are and what we do’ said Cyko Logic and Strata G, the duo behind the DOWN WID IT Empire which consists of both fashion and music. Both Strats and Cyko have worked with a variety of underground and mainstream artists and have featured on ITV’s Tough Gig alongside Roll Deep. The duo from Kensal Green, Northwest London have teamed up to collaborate...

K.I.G - The UK Funky House Veterans

Kings Inda Ghetto, formally known as K.I.G initially began making music nine years ago. They took their music from pirate radio stations, youth clubs and charity events to the forefront of the mainstream music industry in 2008 when they released their hit funky house anthem 'Head's, Shoulders Knee's and Toe's'. The single received immense airplay and claimed a place in the UK’s Top 40...