Photography by Alex Fakso, Richard Reyes
Following up our preview in HHC Digital 005, we checked in with the men behind Home Grown: The Story Of UK Hip-Hop for a chat about the definitive domestic rap exhibition…
When did the idea for the exhibition first come about?
Andy Brydon (Project Manager and Curator): “It’s been on our Urbis [...]

Official Public Enemy and HHC illustrator Paul Stone currently has an exhibition of his finest work going down at the Bridgewater Arts Centre. Billed as a showcase of his “portraits in pencil, pen, ink gouache and acrylic inspired by hip-hop and rap”, you can find more details of the exhibition by clicking here. Now read [...]

With his ‘How To Change The World In 15 Beats’ mixtape available for free download now, we checked in with Somerset spitter Zillwood…

You mention in your music that you have Tourette’s Syndrome – how does that affect your creative process?
“It makes the whole procedure with writing tracks and rehearsing easier as I am obligated to [...]

Photography by A Garcia
With his ‘Evil In The Mirror’ album out now via Brick Records, we checked in with Boston-based producer and emcee Will C to talk about Melle Mel, the Boston public transportation system, and why you should ditch any comparisons with Edan…
How long has it taken to put the album together? Most of [...]

By Chloe McCloskey
Photography courtesy of DMC
Having just released a new album, ‘Beatdown’, and with the DMC World Finals just around the corner, HHC Digital checked in with Prime Cuts from UK DMC legends The Scratch Perverts to get his views on the future of deejaying, the influence of DJ Cheese, and why Lil’ Wayne doesn’t [...]

Blowing up in-boxes yesterday, Mystro’s flip of Drake’s ‘Best I Ever Had’ into the cheeky ‘Mess I Ever Had’ has emerged as pretty much the week’s most essential track. Pulled from ‘The Standard’, a project mixed by Shortee Blitz to be available on Monday from here, you can check Mys-Diggy’s version by clicking here. Now [...]

By Richard Watson
The Jamieson’s quaffing chaps over at Unkut have just unearthed three bona fide unreleased Showbiz & AG tracks, reputedly from their ‘Live Hard’ sessions. Click here to check them, and then keep reading for HHC Digital’s turn-of-the-year check-in with Show about other regions of his dusty vaults…
Over the years, DITC fans have been [...]

Photography by Doug Coombe, Lynn Upson
Having just released possibly 2009’s greatest conceptual rap album that stars two cats from Detroit taking a trip to the ’80s in a very Prince Paul-sounding way – and having most definitely released 2009’s greatest conceptual rap album to feature a recurring role for Dan Marino – HHC Digital checked [...]

One of the originators in the online rap writing world, the good chaps at Spine Magazine have been typing away long before the blog boom hit. Now celebrating a decade of dopeness, we checked in with editor Zaid to get the story of their rise…
What was the original goal with Spine Magazine?
“The MD of [...]

With a new mini-album just released, Soulja Boy looks back on how he fooled the internet into making him a superstar…
Looking back, were you surprised at the success of ‘Crank Dat’ and how it kick-started your career?
“Yeah! I had no idea this was going to happen! Not too long ago I was just sitting around [...]