BLACK NAZIS

An integral part of Hip-Hop is the forever existing battle between female MCs. It's competition and it's been deep-rooted in the genres culture since the beginning of it's time. But at what point does this competition collide with public interest?

LOYLE CARNER

You’ll scroll through his SoundCloud and find a collection of carefully curated tracks so well composed that it can only be Loyle Carner.

It’s his first headline show and he explodes onto the stage with only the most heartfelt recital of his life experiences. The crowd are responsive and more, Benny Mails, Saddler the Kid and others introduce the crowd to, what I’ll call, South London's response to Digital Soul - in short, it’s a head bopping affair, ask MAX the DJ.

“Every now and then when I’m bout to drop a bar, this burp comes up and then disappears again” he’s articulate and well-versed in his field, did I mention the beat is heavy? If his EP is anything to go by, I can taste great things. Like it. A lot.

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ANTHRACITE BUNNIES

It is a truly rare event for me to be utterly in awe of a fashion editorial. My last fave was Naomi Campbell (predictable) for Flaunt by David LaChapelle, but now, it is this. Rihanna graces the cover of W Magazine and arrives with the ultimate entourage - Abdulmajid and Campbell. To say the least I was mesmerised, not entirely by the masses of Balmain they are donned in but by the glamorous minimalism - a mass of earthy tones brought to life by glimmers of gold, an anthracite backdrop and life in their eyes. Shit got damn.

On the other hand, it seems the fashion industry are really rooting for this black dude heading a fashion house thing, how much you gotta pay Ri to wear your shit? It's hard to find some deeprooted info on Rousteing, he's French and kinda black and undoubtedly injecting a sharp shouldered something into the room... Let's see where this is going.