Calling all Hip Hop lovers - NYC event in NuBlu

From serious politics to serious Hip Hop. If you are in New York City on Friday, August 19, check out the 'African Underground: African Hip-hop Throwdown', hosted by Toni Blackman and featuring my countryman (kinda) TY from Nigeria and the UK and my other 'countrymen', The Ambassadoz, from Ghana and much much more. The event is at Nublu and entry is FREE betfore 10PM. Here is some info on both of these acts:

TY released his debut album "Awkward" (on Big Dada/Ninja Tune) to critical acclaim, he has grown from underground mc to an artist who is developing an international reputation. He allows his complexities and contradictions to shine through, allows us to see him as a multifaceted, awkward, non-boxable individual. It’s an approach backed up by a fierce some technique, one which makes the complex look simple.

With more than 7 years experience of ripping shows, the Ambassadoz create hip-hop music that is hard to lock into a specific genre or category. The bands distinctive hybrid of Afro Funk and Hip Hop has the ability to dazzle spectators with their 'switching spit' lingo (rapping in different languages and accents) while commanding the credibility from the hip-hop elite. They bridge the gap between all the different forms of hip-hop vernacular on stage through their ability to rhyme in English, French, Twi and Pidgin.

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