ADELAIDE MACKENZIE Founder, Promoter & Presenter of “Blessed Souls UK” – created in Oct’07 as a monthly showcase & open mic event for upcoming and established artists. Presenter – of a weekly “Open Mic” in Brixton she also hosted the “Black Women in Arts Festival” which took place at the prestigious Catford Theatre. Nominated –…
Ansel Collins Ansel Collins (sometimes spelled Ansell, Ansil or even Ancel) is one half of the legendary duo, Dave and Ansel Collins along with Dave Barker who entered the history books as the first all-male duo to top the British National (Pop) Charts with ‘Double Barrel’. The unprecedented success of that proto-Deejay recording saw Dave…
BABYBOOM Born and raised in North-West London, Babyboom is a Dancehall Deejay, musician and producer with a penchant for Reggae, Dancehall, RnB, and Hip-Hop music. With lyrics and a delivery which spews from his mouth like a lyrical bombshell he sets dancehalls alight every time he touches a stage. Boom’s career started with local Sound…
Bionic Obodai Born, Geoffrey Obodai Tetteh, Bionic was given the moniker whilst at school in South London – initially not a term of endearment, he grew into the name and adopted all the personas associated with the TV program of the 1970’s involving the 6 Million Dollar (Bionic) man. Heavily influenced by the sound system…
Black Magik Muzik is a spin off from Big-League Productions, which was run by Adrian Mckenzie, Seani B and myself – Leroy Reid AKA Black Magik. We were best known for The Spanish Fly, Sun Is Shining, and Paradise riddims. Adrian was our single in-house instrumentalist, and based on our productions it would be…
Blak Twang “I swear down it feels like ‘96 again/ a 10 year vet career still glistening…” Having negotiated classic albums lost to corporate slapstick and an apathetic UK scene that for a long time couldn’t get its arse in gear, Blak Twang is undoubtedly a cornerstone of UK hip-hop. The boy Rotton is as British…
