Bonafide Issue 04 UK Special - Out Now!

Check out Bonafide's latest issue, it's a UK special so y'all should be into it. It features my interviews with the one and only Ghengis aka Cappo. Order your copy here.

Bonafide Magazine Issue 3 Out Now!

"Bonafide is produced by people who care. It’s crafted outside of our 9-5s to create something that we’d like to read and know there are a loads of people out there who like it too. Our aim is simple; provide original coverage on where hip-hop has been, is at and where it’s heading. DaM FunK and co. are here to set our musical, artistic and fashion frequencies to 2010 and beyond.

In support of issue 03, exclusive images, interview tasters and one or two specials will be appearing online in the coming months. But with a diverse roll call of major league talent, why not head over to our online corner shop and see what the fuss is about by treating yourself to a copy?"

Make sure you do and all - you'll get to read my wonderful interview with Farma G!

Hip Hop at Leeds Film Festival Courtesy of Bonafide Magazine

Bonafide Magazine "is putting on an evening of underground Hip Hop entertainment at the 23rd Leeds International Film Festival. Inspired by a conversation with multi-media/events organiser guru Liz Ainge , earlier this year we approached the organisers to see if we could put on a night and for their sins they accepted.

After much dithering we plumped to show the excellent Upper Playground/Walrus TV documentary The Run Up that pokes a lens into the face of artists such as Jose Parla, Doze Green, Futura, Cody Hudson/Struggle Inc. and Swoon and gives them an intimate platform to talk about their work and motivations. Estevan Oriol comes as one mean mutha of a photographer and the film is all the better for it. This is a rare chance to see The Run Up - we’re not sure if it’s ever been shown in a cinema setting before - at the Carriageworks 2 on 9th November with a showtime of 6.30pm. Oh yeah, did we mention the kick-ass soundtrack too?

Part two of the evening is arts based free-for-all at A Nation of Shopkeepers. Kicking off at 8.30pm the face off will feature uber turntablist DJ Mike-L who is a five times DMC finalist(what happened in the finals Mike?!) and has produced a mind-blowing spraycan/street-art themed mix. Mike-L is part of theFirst Word camp. Squaring up to him in the blue corner is nimble handed illustrator The Pern part of the Best Joined Up crew. Serious props.

Two events not to be missed even if we do say so ourselves. For further details click here."

WIN TICKETS TO RZA & RAEKWON @ MATTER

Bonafide Magazine are giving you the chance to win 2 x tickets to this Saturday's Tao of the Wu UK tour at Matter featuring The Rza and Raekwon with support by DJ Semtex. Click Here to enter.

There's also news of Bonafide Magazine Issue 03:

"With summer bidding us farewell and the nights drawing in, what could be better, as you make your way home on the number 80 bus, than reading a magazine that brings you a fresh perspective on hip-hop culture and simulatanously attemps to do its bit to arrest the digital mass destruction of the printed publishing world? Yup that’s right, Bonafide is back people. Right now we are working like hamsters on drugs to bring you the biggest and best version of Bonafide that the world has ever seen.

Scheduled for release in November '09, the following name dropping should get you all in a frenzy. Bonafide issue 03 featuring exclusive interviews and features with; Raekwon the Chef, De La Soul, Task Force (by me), Jeff Jank, Village Green, Anti-Pop Consortium, Mr Lif, McKay, THE Major Lazer and Malcolm Catto. And then some."