Voice of The streets

Voice of The Streets An Event I was Part of Orgainising In January 2008

Performance from Ghetto, Bashy, Ny, Chipmunk, Fatish & More....

Venue Stratford Circus

NY

NY

Nyomi Gray who goes by her stage name NY a female singer known as the queen of ‘Rhythm‘n’Grime’ also considered by many as the most promising unsigned UK female vocalist. Ny aged 21 years young, coming from Kentish Town, North London Ny graced our T.V screens with her smashing single ‘Fire’ which featured Purple a west London Mc. The video was highly selected on MTV Base and Channel U.

How did ‘Ny’ start out?

In January 2005 a persistent ‘Ny’ at the age of 18 put out her first mixtape which was called Split Endz Vol. 1. Aimed at the underground urban scene the cd featured 20 original tracks such as ‘Fire’ and ‘Damage is deadly’ selling 3000 copies independently Ny was shown a lot of love from various urban commercial radio DJs, also she featured on tracks along side some of the most well respected UK artists such as Sway, Dizzee Rascal and The Streets.

Following the success of Spilt Endz Vol.1 Ny released the sequel Split Endz Vol. 2 in 2007 under ‘True Tiger’. Tracks from Split Endz Vol. 2 Such as ‘Willow’ was played on Kiss Fm’s Daytime radio for 13 strong weeks. As a result of Ny’s growing underground hype and undisputed buzz, in the summer of 2007, after completing a hardcore nationwide radio and performance tour, Ny is currently working on her debut album. Doing so well as an unsigned artist hitting over 200,000 views on her myspace shows the levels.

What to look forward to from Ny?

In 2008 Ny has two funky house/bass line singles coming out, one of which is produced by Wokie (Mobo nominated producer). Also her album which is untitled at this moment in time but keep posted on her myspace for up dates as well as showing some support by purchasing Spilt Endz Vol. 2 from all good record stores.

Written By Joel Williams

Joel meets Giggs

(Present: Giggs, Buck Judi, Foss, Spooks)

Joel: How did you get the name gigz and where does hollow man fit into your image?

Giggs: Giggler was my name from the roads before but then I shortened it down to Giggs. When I started spitting on the rap thing I had an alias which was Hollow Man get me, can’t be seen on the beat all low key something like the invisible man.

Joel: How are you finding the music industry right now?

Giggs: I’m not even really in the industry, I’m independent I do everything myself off my own back.

Joel: Are you serious about your music or is it just a hobby?

Giggs: Yeah I’m serious about it now still, I wasn’t really before but recently I’ve just been trying to take it to a different level.

Joel: In many songs you have said SN1, what is SN1?

Giggs: SN1 that’s the team I’m with Spare No 1 that’s myself, Joe Grind, Kyzer, Gunna D, T. Boost, Terminator, Boom Blast (producer), Simple (producer) & anytime you hear SN1 you no that’s my team.

Joel: What are the reasons why you got banned from Lil Wayne’s show?

Giggs: Not even sure bro… I was meant too do the show then the promoter rang me and said he jus got off the phone with the police and there saying I cant do the show as it is a security risk. That’s what they say maybe they didn’t want me on there. Who knows?

Joel: How Far are you looking to take you music?

Giggs: I’m looking to take it as far as I can, to a hole different level like you see the way it is in America people are making real money from it.

Joel: Would you go commercial?

Giggs: Nah (lol) that aint happening (lol) you see what it is yeah, I’m not on all that watering down sh**. I don’t know weather people are telling commercial artists how to make their music but if I’m not feeling an idea I’m not on it but most of my ideas come from my self.

Joel: What is the concept behind ‘Walk in the Park’ your latest project?

Giggs: W.I.T.P is about me, my life what’s been going on in my life & where I’m looking to take my music, some reality issues. The name W.I.T.P means its nothing to me just banged out the tunes presto.

Joel: I have heard you are doing a new mixtape featuring a few grime artists how did this connection come about? Is this even true?

Giggs: Nah that doesn’t even exist, I have done a tune with ghetto he’s like the family but otherwise I aint doing no mixtape with any grime artists.

Joel: Who are your inspirations to do what you do music wise?

Giggs: I kind of inspire myself, I listen to a bit of SP (Styles P), Rick Ross Young Jeezy and that’s about it.

Joel: Where do you see you’re self in the next 2 years?

Giggs: I don’t even want to answer that one (lol) I want to see myself on top of the game just put it that way. I’m not goner say I’m goner be there because if I’m not its kinder mad.

Joel: What UK artist would you most like to collaborate with?

Giggs: Boy, I don’t really want to collaborate with anyone, the whole team around me everyone is hard so I’m happy with the team I work with already.

Joel: What advice would you give to someone who is in the same position as you was when you started out?

Giggs: Keep going hard, don’t give up and don’t let the haters or black balers stop you.

Joel: If you were asked to sum you’re your self up in 5 words, what would you say?

Giggs: I don’t know man (Lol) that’s on the spot (lol) Giggs, Hollow Man, Ice Cream Man, Sn1, The hardest.

Joel: What is the relationship with SN1 and OTB?

Buck: It’s just a family thing, were friends first and foremost me and Giggs being into music and that I used to do intros on his tunes then after I was in the studio spitting then man said rah it was good and that, we done a tune and from then the rest is history. Its friendship but were talented musicians as well.

Joel: What’s coming from OTB this year?

Buck: The mixtape Woolly Woods out now, Fix DotM and my mixtape coming soon, there’s a lot of things going on this year.

Giggs: Shout out to Dubs on the ‘Ard Body’ Project AND RUTHLESS RECORDS

Look out for:

Giggs: Walk in the Park (Aug 4^th 08)

Joe Grind: Grind Musik

Kyzer: Today is my deadline

Boom Blast: Welcome to Boomville

Check the Myspace

www.myspace.com/trapstargiggs

www.myspace.com/buckboy2

Ghetto

Ghetto the scorching MC hailing from East London is one of the shining lights of the grime scene right now. With a discography of three CDs 2000 & Life, Ghetto Gospel and his latest release Freedom of Speech which is a payback to the streets from Ghetto Gospel, which was a more reflective, mellow and laid back mixtape FOS is a balance between his two previous releases, the cd features artists such as Devlin, Wretch 32 Griminal, Chipmunk, Smasher, Lightnin, and Yazmin. Ghetto’s Lead single from Freedom of Speech is ‘Mountain’ a bouncy bassline beat produced by Lewi White who also produced the rest of the tracks on the mix album. Former member of the N.A.S.T.Y Crew, Ghetto has built a name for him self featuring on many DVDs such as Risky Roads and doing various shows around the UK and Europe the buzz has just been going out of control. Selling CDs before even dropping a video it shows that Ghetto has built a hardcore fan base, his first video was ‘Top 3 Selected’ taken from Ghetto Gospel which was shown mad love on Channel U and MTV Base. Being in competition with a lot of other MCs in the scene, Ghetto has to be always prepared for when someone might come at him, making shows go crazy with his street banger song ‘Buss 1’ which is banned from radio but the fans love it which is the most important thing. Aiming to be a role model of the youth of today Ghetto coming from an area where life is not so great he is making something of his life through his music.

What have we got to look forward to from Ghetto?

J. Clarke Enterprise has a few projects coming out such as F*** Radio DVD, Ghetto Gospel (Deluxe edition) and the forthcoming untitled album due to release end of 2008.

Don’t forget to check out the myspace: www.myspace.com/ghettomc

Written by Joel Williams