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Dancer Tolu, last year's Alter Ego winner

Alter Ego Finals @ Hackney Empire

Hackney’s event sees nine acts from the brim full borough of talent compete for first place.

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The Rapping Dogs Of North London

Where the bitches at?

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Theatre Review: Brand New Ancients @ Battersea Arts Centre

We will be hearing more of Kate Tempest, a defiantly everyday rapper with a gift for telling stories.

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Last Minute Listing: Freaks, Monstrosities And Marvels Of Nature

There’s a kaleidoscope of cabaret in Walthamstow tomorrow night.

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Rap Dedication To Pat Butcher Off Of Eastenders

A…unique…tribute to an East End legend.

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Live Music Review: Ghostpoet @ Electrowerkz

The launch for the rapper Ghostpoet’s debut album last week was a shambolic but no less entertaining gig to herald his new LP.

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Live Music Preview: Ghostpoet @ Electrowerkz

London based rapper Ghostpoet plays Electrowerkz next month and we recommend catching a future star early on.

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Listen Up Interview: Example

Fulham rapper Example has been knocking about for a few years, first releasing records on Mike Skinner’s The Beats label, before returning this Autumn with a new label and a new sound. The Ibiza sounds of first single ‘Watch The Sun Come Up’ have propelled …

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Preview: Themselves @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen

For those who thought National Poetry Day was alright (if a little woolly) , but prefer their rhymes washed atop a SP-1200 drum machine then good news. Hang on until next Tuesday, and get ye to Hoxtown where Adam ‘Doseone’ Drucker returns in the guise …

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Music Preview: Sway @ Rich Mix

As both Noel Gallagher and Glasto fans know, it’s pretty hard to upstage Jay-Z. Yet that’s just what Hornsey’s Sway DaSafo did in November 2005 by unexpectedly winning the MOBO for Best Hip Hop Act, despite at that time being largely unknown outside certain parts …

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Preview: Asher Roth

One of the most talked-about rappers of the year, and a member of hip hop mag XXL’s Class of 2009, swaggers into Notting Hill’s Tabernacle this week. Asher Roth’s appearance in the year of Eminem’s return may be a coincidence, but the reemergence of the …