London Mela 2010 BBC Introducing RKZ Sam Khan Menis Swami Baracus with DJ Bobby Friction

August 23rd, 2010 | By Nik Squared

London Mela BBC Introducing RKZ Sam Khan Menis Swami Baracus with DJ Bobby Friction

This is only a part 1 of what RKZ had to offer on his Introducing Set at London Mela a couple weeks back, yet he came fully loaded with the rest of the scene to put of this surprise performance with; Sam Khan, Menis & Swami Baracus. They performed RKZ track, ‘Renegade’ and a refix to Sam Khan’s version of ‘Never Pass Out’.

Part 2 is soon to come…

Nik Squared

Shizzio Big Narstie live at London Mela Sam Khan Diaries

August 11th, 2010 | By Nik Squared

Shizzio & Big Narstie live at London Mela [Sam Khan Diaries]

Last Sunday was London’s Asian Mela, where we stayed the majority of the day watching all the fresh young new talent on the BBC Introducing stage, hosted by BBC Asian Network’s Bobby Friction.

Along the line up of acts was UK Asian Grime MC Shizzio, who performed a massive set of tracks from his free CD ‘Perimeter Breach’.
To support him live on stage was also grime legend, Big Narstie who took the crowds love with a freestyle about eating a chicken korma, absolute banter!

Sam Khan and ourselves (Nik Squared), caught up with both of them and found out what Shizzio has been up to, and his thoughts on the UK Urban scene from an Asian MC’s point of view.

We’ll be bringing you the rest of the performing acts footage all this week, so keep it locked!

Nik Squared

Devlin At Maida Vale

July 14th, 2010 | By Nik Squared

Devlin At Maida Vale with Ras Kwame

Hear Devlin talk about his transition from a street MC to an artist literally everyone is talking about.

He’s just been signed to Island records (home to Tinchy Stryder) after grinding since 15 years old. It’s mad inspirational when a raw spitter makes it on a big scale like this. There’s a lot more to come from him we’re sure…

Nik Squared

Jail Tales Lioness By SBTV

February 6th, 2010 | By SamKhanMusic

”Them prisons are no Joke Visions of No Hope
You Wont Cope if you Let that Cloud You
But stay focussed and you’ll be proud to..
say that you’ve come out a changed man
but you Dont wanna change man
coz your going back in for the same thing
I don’t understand why you move with the same plan”

Lioness spits some real talk in this clip for BBC Three’s upcoming multiplatform project Jail Tales, filmed edited and produced by the camera king everybody knows as SBTV.

This project is gonna be a real eye opener about the harsh realities of jail time and how it affects the people involved, so I’m really looking forward to hearing the rest of the freestyles as well as peeping the short films!

Gotta big up SB for showing what hard work and dedication can lead to. Going from youtube to the BBC in two years is more like a ‘Fairy Tale’ but his rise to the forefront of our urban scene today has taken place in front of everyones eyes and no one can say he doesn’t deserve to be where he is.

Sam Khan