To celebrate Hip Hop’s 50th birthday, Ashley Walters takes a deep-dive in new podcast How The UK Changed Hip Hop Forever to uncover the indelible mark that the UK has left on Hip Hop as a whole. Over eight episodes, Ashley Walters (Asher D to the old heads amongst us), looks at various points of cross pollination between the two worlds. Like the story behind the infamous picture of Jay Z in West London, or how Timbaland’s crate digging in Southall led him to create some of his biggest songs.
It wouldn’t be a podcast about the UK’s influence if we didn’t mention Drake. Ashley Walters uncovers the story behind his inescapable hit “One Dance” and of takes a look at some of the more modern collaborations and stories of a long standing, deep connection between the two worlds. The series is deeply insightful, and it gives the listener real context as to how we got to where we are today, where US collabs are commonplace and Dave & Central Cee are breaking records for fun.
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