Leeds Hip Hop Scene

Founded in 1997 by e.g. bailey, Trú Rúts Endeavors is a multidisciplinary artistic organisation, developing innovative, cutting edge work and projects. Covering projects as diverse as spoken word, live hip hop, theatre and the visual arts, based in Minneapolis in the USA.
Tru is an Egyptian word which means turn, time and season, and likewise it [...]

[ September 18, 2007; 10:00 pm; ] Vagabondz @ the Faversham, Leeds
Gentlemans Dub Club (live dub, 8 piece band)

INC -live pa (uk hiphop)

Ruckspin + MC Gusto (drum and bass)

10-2

Following the huge success of the ‘LeedsByExample’ album, this October will see the first and highly anticipated ‘LeedsByExample Live’ HipHop night.
‘LeedsByExample’ is a project that has brought together the city’s very best up-and-coming hip hop artists. The album was released in April 2006 to huge acclaim from both the local and national music press whilst [...]

Jehst’s position as one of the most respected lyricists in the UK is more or less a given nowadays. His dense, intelligent rhymes take some getting into and his style is distinctive enough to divide opinion, but once you’ve break past the barrier and enter his world, the extent to which he dominates and defines [...]

This week you may have happened across a couple of articles that featured the LHHS guru’s, first up is Touch Magazine which features a few quotes from us about the Leeds Hip Hop Scene in general and online there is an interview with Wisdomtooth discussing the website, promoting and music - finally Wiz [...]

Words: Nino
Bronx kids are lucky. They have a never ending back catalogue of hip hop tracks dictating their lives and surroundings to the bone. Hip hop is international, there’s always going to be a sense of relation wherever you’re from. However there’s clearly a big difference between the Bronx and Bradford. You can appreciate the [...]