Leeds Hip Hop Scene

Aidan Severs catches up with LG to discuss his influences and career to date.
For those not in the know can you introduce yourself?
I’m from London. I started Sit Tight Records with Lopez a good few years back and we put out:
Rocket Fuel feat Jehst & Skriblah / City Breaks featuring Yungun 12″ (which I produced)
Micall [...]

This an exclusive video interview for LHHS - we were fortunate enough to meet up with Jehst, Micall Parknsun, Sir Smurf Lil and LG at their recent gig at New Bohemia in Leeds. We sat down and chatted about UK Hip Hop, Yorkshire, the Mengi Bus Mixtape, Aubergines and check for some exclusive footage from [...]

The Yorkshire Junkies Fam interview Women158, the founder of the new “VIP Crew” and get an insight into what inspired him to pick up the can and paint, his views on the current state of the Leeds graffiti scene and a whole load more… Check it here

Women158 - Rosebank legal (Leeds) 2007 & Wake Up [...]

First of all, how did you get into enjoying hip-hop and music as a whole?
I’m from a musical family, and a family of record collectors. So music and vinyl has always been a part of my life. I guess hip-hop was just a natural thing, growing up in Harehills and Chapletown. If you couldn’t recite [...]

I caught up with The Last Skeptik for a cup of Tea and a slice of cake and to discuss the impending release of his new album with Verb T, whats happening with the Dusty Crates Radio Show and a load of other random crap.
D: Do you think Dusty Crates helped raise your profile and [...]

For those who don’t know, Tricksta (based in Wolverhampton AKA Wolftown) is one of the hardest working men in UK Hip-Hop with a strong independent ethos manifested through various projects, including the UK Runnings mixtape series and a regular show on HHB Radio Dot Com. I linked with him via e-mail and dropped a few [...]