Rhymefest
Angus Batey, Hip-Hop Connection, 2006
ONE OF the most unexpected meetings in English Parliamentary history took place in late October, when Rhymefest sat down with Conservative Party leader David Cameron. This surreal conclave took place after the Chicago rapper wrote to Cameron earlier in the year, following the Tory's apparent attack on, and call for the banning of, hip hop. After the conflab, Rhymefest spoke to HHC.
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