30 years of hip hop

Catch this while you can. A comprehensive review of the most hip hop people of the past 30 years.

[1XTRA RADIO SHOW: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00jfbhq/]

Three decades after The Sugarhill Gang released Rapper’s Delight, BBC 1Xtra decided to celebrate the impact that the music form has had on popular culture.

Fear not, the two-hour-long show doesn’t take itself too seriously. Someone should give Zane Lowe and Westwood a joint show. They’re hillarious!

Nerdcore rap star – can you do the Margaret Thatcher?

LISTEN : MC FRONTALOT

So square it’s hip. Today’s Wire post has brought to my attention geeksta rapper MC Frontalot. Apparently he’s an OG in nerdcore, a musical genre that combines hip-hop tunes with geek-friendly lyrics (but of course).

Love to say I’ve spotted a trend here but the truth the ‘art form’ has been around for so long that tech-loving filmmakers have even made movies about it.

Anyway as an aspiring geek I’m more than happy to jump on the bandwagon.