This year, to mark Black History Month, 20 Stories High are proud to be collaborating with Liverpool Hip-Hop Legends Nikki Blaze and Tony Broke on TRUE WORDS. Working together with a group of young writers, poets, rappers, and beat-boxers from L8 and surrounding areas, they will explore and celebrate Black history through the lens of the 5 elements of Hip-Hop: emceeing, deejaying, b-boying/b-girling, graff and knowledge of self. Sessions will be at Firefit Hub in Toxteth, and will culminate in a live performance. More details to follow.
As well as celebrating Black History Month in October, 20 Stories High are committed to amplifying Black voices year round. To see more of our programme, please visit: www.20storieshigh.org.uk
About Nikki Blaze
NIKKI BLAZE, Liverpool UK born is an artist on a high dose of creativity. Open too many ideas when writing her music Nikki creates with many different types of music such as soul dance dubstep house and Hip Hop. Hip Hop music has given her the opportunity to travel and perform in many places, managing projects around the globe. Living the life she loves and loving the life she lives her passion for educating the younger generation plays a big part in her a life. Nikki Shares her forward Way vision with her UK partner Dj Olabean, and New York partner Therealmanifest . With background in BBC Radio Nikki has had the pleasure in interviewing a number of Hip Hop Legends from RZA, GZA, DJ Premier, Big Shug, Prince Paul, The Jungle Brothers, G Unit, The Beatnuts, Keith Murray, David Banner, Ghostface Killah, MOP, Crazy Legs, Africa Islam to Mobb Deep. Moving on to the next phase of her life Nikki now manages the number of artists from the UK and US. Nikki Blaze and Therealmanifest worked on projects together and decided with their Chemistry and hunger for creating music they should form an international group called “OF COURSS.”
About Tony Broke
Tony Broke is 40 something years young. He is a legend, Kool Herc told him he was a true MC, he is one of the best live freestylers the game has had the pleasure of playing host to. Witnessing the inception of Hip Hop as a yout dem feeling slightly disorientated after spinning on his head in Anfield, on cardboard boxes that used to harbour tins of corned beef, who would have thought back then that the Scouse rapper would have ran through the sheer amount of flaps that he has at this point.
