Hip Hop Forum

For Bahamas-born Streetz and the UK's Lady Sovereign, science is a lucrative thing. From their studio labs, these internationally born rappers have found a recipe for gold: break hip hop down to its base elements, interbreed it with a global perspective then witness chemistry at work. Now after veering from their native music, the up and coming MCs are cashing in on U.S. hype with hip hop from a Petri dish.

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Streetz's Atlanta-based sound lab is a no dancehall zone. There you'll hear southern production mixed with lyrical scheme inspired by rap's foremost northerners. Meanwhile, So So Def producer Nitti and DJ Tomp of T.I.'s “You Don't Know Meâ€