Chinua Achebe was my hero. | Tribute
Chinua Achebe was my hero. As a second generation Nigerian immigrant growing up in England, role models who I could genuinely identify with were few and far between – especially in the 1980s, when it...
View ArticleEmmavie | Get Familiar
From serenading Hip Hop cuts with luscious vocals to going to crafting soulful beats, meet 22 year old Emmavie Mbongo – known simply as Emmavie – a name which is set to emerge amongst the list of...
View Article#OKNotToBeOK: SoulCulture launches mental health campaign
I’ve always been a bit melancholic, however much I smile externally. I took it as a character quirk for years and never paid it too much attention. Until the summer of 2008, when I became so miserable...
View Article#OKNotToBeOK: Ne-Yo explores the therapeutic power of music [Video]
“The therapeutic power of music is the reason that I do music in the first place,” R&B star Ne-Yo tells SoulCulture as we launch OK NOT TO BE OK – a campaign to raise and spread awareness and...
View Article#OKNotToBeOK: Wretch 32 on using music to express himself and cope with anger...
It’s an amazing thing that I found music, man…” Following on from Ne-Yo’s talk on the therapeutic power of music, chart-topping British rapper Wretch 32 sits down with SoulCulture and reveals how he...
View Article#OKNotToBeOK: Trouble Sleeping
I know I’m not the only one with trouble resting. I’m not sleeping at night. I take naps, mostly. I see the postings on social networking at all hours in different time zones where people display their...
View Article#OKNotToBeOK: Big K.R.I.T. –“Music has always been my therapy” [Video]
Soul Culture sits down with Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T for our ongoing #OKNotToBeOK mental health campaign, as he speaks on music as therapy, loneliness, depression and finally making the decision...
View ArticleCoolroy | Get Familiar
There must be something in the water, food or air (well there is definitely something in the air) in California as this state is churning out some of my favourite artists of the moment (and possibly...
View Article#OKNotToBeOK: The Source of Depression in Artists, by Taalam Acey
If you are a depressed artist, the following may be helpful. Conversely, if you are not depressed then, I would imagine, you are either not an artist or are a fortunate exception. The old blues cliche...
View ArticleBishop Nehru | Get Familiar
Teen rappers are not a new commodity as far as the Hip-Hop community goes. We’ve seen Shad Moss go from Lil Bow Wow to [big] Bow Wow, Master P’s son go from Lil’ Romeo to Romeo, and further back than...
View ArticleLadylike: Terri Walker x Nicole Wray talk inspiration and resurrecting soul
Taking it back to the days of afros and bell-bottoms, Terri Walker and Nicole Wray are Lady – a singing duo soaked in so much soul that not even a Spongebob Squarepants: Motown Edition could compete....
View Article#OKNotToBeOK: My Mother, by L. Michael Gipson
On January 16, 2013 my mother committed suicide. She was 55 years old, just two months shy of her 56th birthday. The suicide was her second attempt in three months following an eleven-month illness...
View ArticleLogic | Get Familiar
Currently ringing bells as loud as fire alarms, does anyone really know Logic? Having been recruited as part of XXL Magazine’s Freshman 2013 list, the Maryland emcee with both brains and bite also just...
View ArticleLooking For Myself: Jared Evan talks industry politics, discovering Hip-Hop,...
“I’m a classic rock kid that fell in love with Hip-Hop.” There was a time that Jared Evan was considered a high priority artist by Jimmy Iovine, signed to Interscope Records via Polow Da Don’s Zone 4...
View ArticleHawk House | Get Familiar
If you’re tired of the pothead leanings of current Hip Hop, London trio Hawk House provide a brilliant alternative of soulful, jazzy Dilla-influenced Hip-Hop Soul that delivers a subtle, straight edge...
View ArticleSisqo talks Dru Hill’s conception and self-titled debut album...
Signed as a new act to Island Records back in 1996, Dru Hill were a young and talented vocal foursome with ties to gospel music who pretty much became an international success story overnight. Whether...
View ArticleJoel Baker | Get Familiar
Take vocals steeped in a rich Nottinghamshire dialect, weave them seamlessly with delicate tales of everyday love, and package it neatly within acoustic melodies. The result? Joel Baker – the...
View ArticleMC Melodee | Get Familiar
It’s apparent upon hearing MC Melodee for the first time that the city of Amsterdam has been hiding an undiscovered Hip-Hop talent within its walls. Lyrically charming [as well as physically striking],...
View ArticleMac Miller: From Both Sides Of The Lense | Interview
Things have been on an upward trajectory for 21-year-old Malcolm McCormick, better known as Mac Miller over the last 2 years. Having released his debut album, Blue Slide Park, that charted at number...
View ArticleSoulCulture @ Yahoo! Wireless Festival Day 1 Round Up #SCWireless
Yesterday (Friday, 12th July) marked the beginning of the Yahoo! Wireless Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and SoulCulture was in the house soaking in the sights...
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