Elementary, My Dear Shaka…
Shaka Shams is an 18-year old rapper/poet living in Antwerp, Belgium, from South African descent. Having picked up the hip-hop bug from his cousin at […]
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Straight Outta tha Clinic! Dr. Dre Loses Bizarre Legal Challenge
Despite the huge temptation, we’re holding back on some of the potential pun fun that lends itself to this story. In brief – Dr Dre […]
Discretely Catchy
So Sharp Productions presents Discrete, a rapper, singer and producer raised in the Bay Area of Northern California aspiring for greatness. Discrete has drawn inspiration […]
Goodbye 21st Century, Hello 1995! Music Sales Continue to Soar
The British Phonographic Industry, or BPI to its friends, has published its yearly data for UK music sales and the top and tail of it […]
Dr Octagon Returns with New Wonky-Rap Greatness
As new takes on rap seem to be the flavour of 2018 so far, it’s worth remembering that before many of them were born, Kool […]
Start Queuing Now – Record Store Day Exclusives For 2018 Announced
[Deep Breath] https://recordstoreday.co.uk/media/5643/printable-product-list.pdf ABBA – ‘ Summer Night City ‘ ( 7″ Single ) AC/DC – ‘ Back In Black ‘ ( Cassette Album ) […]
First Announcements for this Year’s Music Festivals
We’ve never compared festivals to buses before but today might break our duck – having waited throughout these chilly times for any news, four festivals […]
Black Friday Record Store Day Releases Announced
You can’t do right for doing wrong sometimes – the supporters of Record Store Day widely hail the good it does for both fans of […]
A Brief History of Horrorcore
Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror-themed lyrical content and imagery. Its origins derived from hardcore and gangsta rap artists such […]
In Conversation with: Music Bear Tony Banks
Having featured emerging hip-hop artist, Tony Banks, a few weeks back with his latest single ‘Run!’, Diagnosis were lucky enough to have a chat with […]