by itchysilk | Aug 20, 2021 | THE ITCH
If ever we find a site to synergise with us, it must be Trasho Biblio. Set up by Tommy McCormick, Trasho Biblio is a” small independent library based in Edinburgh with a focus on subculture and forgotten classics”. In an age of technology where reading takes place...
by itchysilk | Jan 17, 2018 | MUSIC
In the last of his three part exploration of gangster rap, #itchysilk writer Malik Crumpler delves further into the wormhole that is gangsta rap and brings us up to the times with names like, Cardi B. Indeed as she rises through the ranks to rap royalty we have to ask...
by itchysilk | Jan 3, 2018 | MUSIC
In the first of a three-part feature, #itchysilk writer Malik Crumpler discusses gangster rap hegemony. In many respects as a genre it should be vilified. After all, it glorifies violence, degrades women and revels in the taking and selling of drugs. Contrary to logic...
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