Post by tiwo on Apr 4, 2005 7:10:18 GMT -5
Top Urban Talent
The Prince's Trust has now announced the main line-up of artists who will perform at the 2005 Nokia Urban Music Festival with The Prince's Trust.
Saturday 16 April
Xzibit - Street-hardened West Coast rapper and MTV presenter
Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz - The Kings of Crunk
De La Soul - Legendary funk trio and hip hop originators
Craig David - Returning to reclaim his crown as the prince of UK urban music
Akon - W. African roots and E.Coast rhythm combine for a unique style of rap
Common - Rapper who produces sonic-poetry for lyric lovers
Faith Evans - US soulstress with attention-gripping lyrics
Blak Twang - Internationally renowned rapper taking the UK rap scene around the globe Estelle - Prince's Trust Ambassador and the urban success story of 2004
Killa Kela - Beatboxing pioneer comes back to wow us with his new material
Mitchell Brothers - First signing to The Streets' label, The Beats, producing 'very British music'
Jamie Scott - Blue-eyed neo-soul boy from the heart of Surrey
Nathan - Silky Smooth voiced RnB singer
The StiX ft. Corinne Bailey Rae - The UK's freshest collective urban talents
Sunday 17 April
Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz - The Kings of Crunk
Floetry - S. London duo who made it big in the US
Jay Sean - Redefining the urban music rule book with his RnB-Asian fusion
Jon B - Songwriter, producer, vocalist and instrumentalist
Keisha White - Teenage sensation causing a storm with her alluring and sassy style
Sway - With influences from Hip Hop and Grime his conscious yet humorous outlook is blowing up new ground
Terri Walker - Red hot soul diva from North London, nominated for Mercury Music Prize
Kano - Leading light in the UK grime scene and tipped as 2005's One to Watch
Kevin Mark Trail - 24-year-old MC, soul/reggae singer has collaborated with The Streets and Nitin Sawhney
Nate James - The UK's answer to soul
Lady Sovereign - Those witty lyrics hit like left hooks
Shlomo, TyTe and THePETEBOX - UK's leading beatboxers showcase their awesome vocal abilities
The cream of US urban talent joins the UK's best - with still more to be announced in the coming weeks.
The Prince's Trust has now announced the main line-up of artists who will perform at the 2005 Nokia Urban Music Festival with The Prince's Trust.
Saturday 16 April
Xzibit - Street-hardened West Coast rapper and MTV presenter
Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz - The Kings of Crunk
De La Soul - Legendary funk trio and hip hop originators
Craig David - Returning to reclaim his crown as the prince of UK urban music
Akon - W. African roots and E.Coast rhythm combine for a unique style of rap
Common - Rapper who produces sonic-poetry for lyric lovers
Faith Evans - US soulstress with attention-gripping lyrics
Blak Twang - Internationally renowned rapper taking the UK rap scene around the globe Estelle - Prince's Trust Ambassador and the urban success story of 2004
Killa Kela - Beatboxing pioneer comes back to wow us with his new material
Mitchell Brothers - First signing to The Streets' label, The Beats, producing 'very British music'
Jamie Scott - Blue-eyed neo-soul boy from the heart of Surrey
Nathan - Silky Smooth voiced RnB singer
The StiX ft. Corinne Bailey Rae - The UK's freshest collective urban talents
Sunday 17 April
Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz - The Kings of Crunk
Floetry - S. London duo who made it big in the US
Jay Sean - Redefining the urban music rule book with his RnB-Asian fusion
Jon B - Songwriter, producer, vocalist and instrumentalist
Keisha White - Teenage sensation causing a storm with her alluring and sassy style
Sway - With influences from Hip Hop and Grime his conscious yet humorous outlook is blowing up new ground
Terri Walker - Red hot soul diva from North London, nominated for Mercury Music Prize
Kano - Leading light in the UK grime scene and tipped as 2005's One to Watch
Kevin Mark Trail - 24-year-old MC, soul/reggae singer has collaborated with The Streets and Nitin Sawhney
Nate James - The UK's answer to soul
Lady Sovereign - Those witty lyrics hit like left hooks
Shlomo, TyTe and THePETEBOX - UK's leading beatboxers showcase their awesome vocal abilities
The cream of US urban talent joins the UK's best - with still more to be announced in the coming weeks.