Dubliner Alan Collins, better known by his stage name Collie, is a hip-hop musician located in Cork, Ireland. Though his primary musical affects are American — Wu-Tang Clan and, specifically, Eminem feature prominently — Irish affects are just aswell represented. Like previously Irish hip-hop functions Scary Éire and Exile Attention, …

Australian rapper Illy defied the “haters” to create resolutely industrial, pop-influenced hip-hop that eventually snagged him a major-label deal and lots one album. Created Alasdair Murray on Sept 6, 1986 and raised in the beachfront Melbourne suburb of Frankston, Illy was a teenage tearaway who hardly scraped through college. He …

Jon Z is a rapper from San Juan, Puerto Rico whose music is equally influenced by reggaeton and American hip-hop, particularly capture. With an Eminem-esque high-pitched tone of voice and a quirky design, his music frequently appears like a Puerto Rican counterpoint to rappers such as for example Adolescent Thug …

The MC referred to as Xhelazz came up through the Spanish rap world in groups such as for example Originarios and Imperio prior to making a name for himself like a solo artist. Given birth to Mario Celimendiz in the province of Zaragoza, he was raised among Spain’s 1st era …

Polina Goudieva was created in Moscow, Russia, to a pop vocalist mom (Anka) and an abstract musician dad (Ruslan Gudiev). The Los Angeles-based songwriter and vocalist discovered piano at a age, earning accolades in Russia before signing up at Berklee University of Music on scholarship or grant at age 16. …

Formerly referred to as Freestyle, NY rockers Blooka includes members Liam Holohan (vocals, guitar), Mike Deroches (keyboards), Steve Valdez (lead guitar), Fernando Castro (bass), and Luiz Marcelo (drums). The quintet 1st came collectively in 1999, playing out locally frequently, and earning the ICAST.com Unsigned Music group Competition (out of 50,000 …

The self-styled “boy who invented rap,” esQuire was a striking and much-appreciated option to his contemporaries inside the Detroit hip-hop scene — favoring colorful, tongue-in-cheek lyrics and funky, swaggering beats within the ridiculously grim-and-gritty approach of Eminem and his ilk, his music evoked the halcyon times of old school rap …