Lecture: Brithop: Regional rap in post-colonial Britain

With debates on Scottish independence, immigration, Britain's place in the EU, and the spectre of a past Empire complicating the notion of 'Britishness' as ethnically defined, the Kingdom seems far from United. Hip-hop, as a global art form that also celebrates region and locality, has become a space with which to debate and discuss a range of these issues in Britain, including tradition, history and belonging. And there's some humour too! This talk by music lecturer and hip-hop scholar Justin Williams aims to survey hip-hop in post-colonial Britain with numerous examples to explore the state of the United Kingdom through some of its most artistically articulate voices.

This event is part of InsideArts festival 2015.

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