Writing Portfolio

I AM HOP MAGAZINE

Links to the various articles I have written for I AM HIP-HOP MAGAZINE, based in London. Reviews, interviews and opinion pieces.

Event Reviews

• REVIEW | LOWKEY ‘SOUNDTRACK TO THE STRUGGLE 3’ LIVE AT THE JAZZ CAFÉ, LONDON

• Review: @Nas & DJ Green Lantern Live at O2 Bristol (@o2academybris)

• Review: @PharoaheMonch With the Ezra collective and DJ Boogie Blind Live @TheJazzCafe

• Review: Palestine Expo London 2017

• REVIEW: NAS (@Nas) LIVE AT O2 ACADEMY LEEDS (@O2AcademyLeeds)

• REVIEW| KOOL G RAP (@TheRealKoolGRap ) & AWATE (@AWATEMUSIC ) LIVE AT THE JAZZ CAFÉ (@THEJAZZCAFE)

• EVENT | UK B‑BOY CHAMPIONSHIPS WORLD FINALS 2019 (@BBOYCHAMPS)

• REVIEW | RED BULL BC ONE UK CYPHER 2019…AND THE WINNERS ARE…

• Review: Cormega (@Iamcormega) Live At Chip Shop BXTN London

• Review: Supernaturalz (@Supernaturalz92) 25th Crew Anniversary

• REVIEW | THE HIP-HOP COMMUNITY BRING WEMBLEY TOGETHER AT THE URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL

• REVIEW | NAS RELEASES THE LONG AWAITED ‘LOST TAPES 2’ (@Nas)

• YOUNGER GENERATIONS COMING UP AT THE UK B‑BOY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 (@bboychamps)

• REVIEW | INFAMOUS MOBB DEEP: MURDA MUZIK 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2019 LONDON

Album Reviews

• Review: Lemzi (@lemziartist) ‘Autumnal Aura’ EP

• REVIEW | NAS ‘NASIR’ ALBUM PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST

• Why Wu Tang is Forever | The Saga Continues (Album Review)

• REVIEW | KARL SAGE (@KarlSageMusic) ‘THE PICTURE OF DORIAN SAGE’ EP

• REVIEW | BLXCK PRIDE BY QUEENS EDITION

• REVIEW | DILLA: THE TIMELESS TRIBUTE ALBUM BY VICE BEATS

Film / Media Reviews

• REVIEW | ‘FROM GROUND ZERO’ CLOSING NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL

• LONDON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL — THE IZKOR: SLAVES OF MEMORY

• Review: ‘Finding Fatimah’ Highlights the stigmas in the Asian community

• REVIEW | ROXANNE ROXANNE (OUT ON @netflix)

• REVIEW | RAPTURE ON @NETFLIX

• REVIEW | NAS (@Nas) RELEASES VIDEO FOR ‘THE FILM’

• REVIEW | A SOCIAL ANALYSIS OF JOKER THE FILM [CONTAINS SPOILERS]

• REVIEW | WU TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN REVIEW [CONTAINS SPOILERS]

Book Reviews

• REVIEW | ONE PAGE COMIC COLLECTION BY EMMANUEL ADELEKUN (AUTHOR), SHANGOMOLA EDUNJOBI (ILLUSTRATOR)

• REVIEW | Albert ‘Prodigy’ Johnson, ‘My Infamous Life’ Audiobook Review (Contains Spoilers)

• BOOK REVIEW |MARC LAMONT HILL ‘NOBODY’ — CASUALTIES OF AMERICA’S WAR ON THE VULNERABLE, FROM FERGUSON TO FLINT AND BEYOND

• BOOK REVIEW | SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE – REVELATIONS ON CREATIVITY FROM THE LYRICAL GENIUS BY RAKIM

Interviews

• INTERVIEW | I AM HIP HOP MEETS THE ARTIST JAM FU (@JamFu1991)

• INTERVIEW | RAYZA TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW MIXTAPE ‘ZERO GRAVITY’ OUT 11 AUG 2018

• Interview: I Am Hip Hop Meet Able Danger (@AbleDangerHQ)

• Interview: I am Hip Hop Meet StrawHat Dynasty (@StrawHatDynasty)

• Interview: A Full Circle With Rapper MCO

MISC

• SAVE SHEPHERDS BUSH MARKET — GENTRIFICATION STRIKES

• INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY | LAURYN HILL’S ROLE IN HIP-HOP

• REVIEW | NAS BRINGS HIS RESTAURANT CHAIN ‘SWEET CHICK’ TO LONDON

• STORIES FROM HAVOC OF MOBB DEEP

• PROFESSOR GREEN ON MENTAL HEALTH (@professorgreen)

• MASS APPEAL INDIA SIGN THEIR FIRST-EVER FEMALE MC RAJA KUMARI

• WHAT IS TRAX NEWS — ‘FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE’ ALL ABOUT?