Saturday, 28th June - Sunday, 29th June

Following on from the success of DJs and BBoys for Life Conference’s, Punch presents `MCs for Life’ on Saturday 28th June 2008.   

This exciting event will be celebrating the very best in MC culture and heritage.   

MCing represents the ultimate expression of attitude in popular culture and in recent years has become the most prominent of the four main elements of hip-hop.   

Comprised of discussion panels, masterclasses, films and battles, ‘MCs for Life’ seeks to identify the role of the MC within hip-hop. For example, the development of the MC, from the ‘toasting’ with Jamaican sound systems to the birth of hip-hop when MC’s would toast over a breakbeat.   

Changes in language and styles of rap and the international distillation of rap such as Grime (London), Hip Life (Ghana), Timba (Cuba), Kuduro(Angola) and Low Bap (Greece) will also be looked at.   

Confirmed guest participants include;   

Black Thought, Lord Finesse, Rich Medina, Ursula Rucker, DJ Spooky, Tumi, Nappo, Omekongo, Charlie Dark, Hymphatic Tabs, Benji Reid, PolarBear, Lebo Mashile, Napo.TuggSTAR, Ty, Bashy, Pardeep Sal, No Lay, Fallacy, Stig of the Dump & Dr Syntax, Jonzi D, Pete Philly, Rahul Verma, Zena Edwards, Malik, Nihal, Cipher, Rukus, Alex Blood,

And Many More!  (further artists tbc)

The conference will then end with a major showcase of the artists who took part during the day.   

Conference: 10.30 am - 7pm   

Concert: 9pm - 3am   

All taking place at:

The Custard Factory

Gibb Street

Birmingham

B9 4AA

Call 0121 224 7444 for more info.

TICKETS

Conference and Concert - £15

Conference only - £8

Concert only - £12

www.theticketsellers.co.uk

or 0844 870 0000

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