Rap

Guilty Simpson on J Dilla's lasting influence. Audio

Wu-Tang Clan's Masta Killa talks to RNZ Music's Sam Wicks about the workings of his unpredictable rap collective. Audio

Named for the great Rakim Allah of Eric. B & Rakim fame, Rakim Mayers aka A$AP Rocky sets the tone sonically and visually for his style-conscious Harlem collective, A$AP Mob. Sam Wicks talks to him… Audio

Gadsen, Alabama native Yelawolf talks with Sam Wicks about reclaiming his redneck roots. Audio

Onehunga-based producer SmokeyGotBeatz has been spending more time in LA than NZ recently, making beats for some of rap's most influential names. Sam Wicks talks to Smokey and his manager Andy Murnane… Audio

Aussie freestyle MC, Seth Sentry is in town with his latest release, Strange New Past, Yadana Saw challenges the Aussie battler to test his freestyling mettle. Audio

The Sampler's Nick Bollinger hosts a Sampler Summit. The subject: Dr. Dre's Compton: A Soundtrack, his first album in 16 years. Audio

Jon Spencer has been twisting blues, rock and hip hop into new shapes for three decades. He sits down with Sam Wicks to trawl through a selection of deep cuts from some of his biggest influences. Audio

Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, better known as Earl Sweatshirt, has one of the sharpest tongues of a new school of West Coast hip hop artists, and he's directed it towards a psychiatry checklist of neuroses… Audio

ENOXDIRTY show their love for Grey Lynn and share their track "Omar (We Like)" Audio

In The Secret Life of Aotearoa Juggalos, Sophie Wilson and Tony Stamp talk to diehard Kiwi fans of shock-rap duo, Insane Clown Posse, and discover how therapeutic horror-comedy drives one of the… Audio

Auckland two-piece Heavy, have had a busy 12 months. From bedroom demos and D.I.Y. festivals to releasing their debut album Lock In and performing at St. Jerome's Laneway Festival. Zac Arnold picks… Audio

Marcus Garvey, Louis Armstrong, Puffy Daddy… The New York neighbourhood of Harlem has long been home to seminal African-American leaders and trendsetters. Most recently A$AP Mob, the collective that… Audio

GQ and JQ make up Chicago's Q Brothers, whose award-winning hip hop adaptations of Shakespeare have toured the globe. They also run workshops for kids, in which participants work with an existing… Audio

L*V*J*  with HMU for Introducing. Audio

Run the Jewels - the critically lauded rap duo of Atlanta, Georgia consisting of native Killer Mike and Brooklyn-born and bred MC/producer El-P - is a project only two years deep, but their respective… Audio

Mzwètwo introducing his new song Don't Think Twice. Audio