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Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975 in Savannah, Georgia), better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American Grammy Award winning rapper, producer, actor and half of the critically and commercially successful hip hop duo OutKast. Big Boi met André 3000 while attending high school in the 1980s and the two eventually joined forces as OutKast and signed with LaFace Records. After six successful albums as a duo they both decided to work on solo projects Read more on Last.fm

Kwes. is a record producer, songwriter & musician who makes 'freepop' (pop music without boundaries). He has worked with artists including The xx, Ghostpoet, Elan Tamara, Dels, Damon Albarn's DRC Music, Leftfield, Micachu (Kwesachu Mixtapes) and more. He has also reworked several including Hot Chip and The Invisible amongst others. Kwes. is also a solo artist and has released to critical acclaim, his first limited edition single and his debut EP on XL Recordings imprints Salvia and Young Turks in 2009 and 2010. Read more on Last.fm

Simbiatu "Simbi" Abisola Abiola Ajikawo, better known by her stage name Little Simz, is a British rapper, singer and actress. She rose to prominence with the independent release of her first three albums, namely A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons (2015), Stillness in Wonderland (2016) and Grey Area (2019), the latter of which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and won the awards for Best Album at both the Ivor Novello Awards and the NME Awards. Read more on Last.fm

1) DJ Q is a Huddersfield born DJ who presents a UK garage mix show on 1Xtra. He has also released a single with MC Bonez titled "You Wot!" which stayed in the UK charts for 2 weeks and peaked at number 50. It was also a big hit on the bassline scene which hit the mainstream in 2007. He has also released many other singles with MC Bonez which can be found on his MySpace page, YouTube and he is also known to play them on his radio show which airs on wednesday between 1am - 4am. Read more on Last.fm

UK garage trio consisting of Royal-T, DJ Q and Flava D. Read more on Last.fm

Redlight (birth name Hugh Pescod) is a Bristol raised, London based artist navigating the unnamed airspace between house, bass and beyond. Having already crafted a handful of jet-propelled bangers which have won over fans and followers including Skream, Toddla T, Jack Beats, A Trak, Mark Ronson, Zinc and Annie Mac. Pescod started out in the early 2000s with a series of Drum & Bass releases under the moniker of DJ Clipz. By the end of the decade, he had developed a different garage/house-based sound under the name of Redlight. Read more on Last.fm

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1) DJ Q is a Huddersfield born DJ who presents a UK garage mix show on 1Xtra. He has also released a single with MC Bonez titled "You Wot!" which stayed in the UK charts for 2 weeks and peaked at number 50. It was also a big hit on the bassline scene which hit the mainstream in 2007. He has also released many other singles with MC Bonez which can be found on his MySpace page, YouTube and he is also known to play them on his radio show which airs on wednesday between 1am - 4am. Read more on Last.fm

Jorja Smith is an English singer from Walsall, UK. Smith impressed many and earned attention with her hip-hop and R&B-inspired debut single "Blue Lights" and has taken the rest of the year to deliver songs that fuse soul, blues, and even classical. She spent much of 2016 getting people very excited about her effortless, informed, and deeply soulful pop with a trio of eclectic singles. Her first EP Project 11 arrives so perfectly formed it almost feels like showing off. Many songs mark Smith out as her hero Amy Winehouse’s truest successor. Read more on Last.fm

1) Swindle was formed in 1994 by 4 friends who wanted to create loud fast music and start something new in an almost dormant hardcore punk scene in San Diego at that time. They became very popular on the brink of a nation wide punk explosion and capitalized at home and southern california. They play punk music, but have influences from all types of underground music. They have been described by critics as "a pissed off Fifteen..." and "Balls out, Reckless Abandon, punk. Read more on Last.fm