Ultimately, D Double E — real name Darren Dixon — is a child of soundsystem culture; rap, reggae, jungle, grime, bashment... the entire lineage of...
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Launching our Meet the MC video series — which you can watch below — is UK rap royalty, D Double E. Having also made the...
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Meet the MC is DJ Mag's new monthly interview series, getting to know emerging MCs on the electronic music scene. This month, DJ Mag’s Amy...
Huddled in a circle on the dark, smoke-filled dancefloor at Corsica Studios, the four MCs that make up Bala Bala Boyz spit over syncopated bass-heavy...
Drum & bass MC eases out 'Mid Mic Crisis' on Marcus Intalex's label
MC DRS first got into MCing when he rocked up to a rave where Marcus Intalex was playing near Manchester, and asked for a go...
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After well over a decade in the game, Birmingham rapper Dapz on the Map drops his debut album ‘Landed’ in October. He speaks to DJ Mag about how grime has matured and embracing the emotional vulnerability of his lyrics
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With a career spanning 30 years, more than 400 tracks to his name and a history hosting the biggest stages, DRS recently embarked on a new, ground-breaking chapter with his headline live show tour: The Man Who Fell To Earth. Jake Hirst hears the story behind a project representing something much greater than music for DRS
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Meet the MC is our latest DJ Mag Originals video series, combining a freestyle platform with in-depth fly-on-the-wall interviews, exploring the stories of these crucial...
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The rapper was killed in a highway shooting last week (5th)
Houston MC Chucky Trill has died.
Texan rapper Chucky Trill, real name Corey Detiege, has been killed in a highway shooting. He was 33.
The shooting...
D Double E is the first artist in the opening season of our new series, Meet The MC
Real name Darren Dixon, D Double E is UK rap royalty, once described by Skepta as the "greatest of all time".
A child of soundsystem...
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After a humungous 2017, grime star AJ Tracey has deservedly taken away the Best MC gong this time around...
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Blackeye MC Jam Baxter Little Simz Sense MCThose who’ve followed the career trajectories of the likes of Stormzy and other breakout rap...
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He co-founded the DU group back in the '90s
Digital Underground MC Shock G has died.
Brooklyn-born musician, rapper and co-founder of hip-hop group Digital Underground, Shock G, real name Gregory Jacobs, has died aged 57. His...
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His collective, Injury Reserve, released their debut album in 2019
Hip hop MC Jordan Groggs has died, aged 32.
Jordan Groggs, also known as Stepa J. Groggs, was a member of Arizona hip-hop trio, Injury...
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The likes of "bandoe", "connect" and "whipping" are off-limits for five years...
Rico Racks has been banned from using certain words in his music.
Eight months on from YouTube removing over 100 drill videos from its site...
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The d&b stalwart has lived in the UK since he was four-years-old...
Mad Rush MC (real name: Owen Haisley), a stalwart of the Manchester drum & bass scene who has performed at events like the Warehouse Project...
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Tali was the first female drum & bass MC to feature on DJ Mag’s cover in 2004, coinciding with the release of her debut album ‘Lyric On My Lip’ on Full Cycle. Nearly 18 years on from that trailblazing release, Jake Hirst connects with the artist to discuss her self-produced eighth studio album, ‘Future Dwellers’, and the journey of self-worth that lead to it