Same But Diff x Verbal Remedy: Missy G + Skunkadelic
Event Info
Cardiff Music City Festival, Same But Diff & Verbal Remedy presents
MISSY G album launch, SKUNKADELIC & THE DIGITAL KID, VERBAL REMEDY live band, DJ TRISHNA & more
Hip-hop showcase including the album launch for Gemma Smith aka MISSY G, a multi-genre release with 10 tracks spanning grime, R&B, hip-hop & soft rock. She hopes to tell her own story and “show other people who face barriers, with lived experience & who live in poverty, to never give up.”
6pm | All ages
- HIP-HOP SHOWCASE WITH D TRISHNA
- VERBAL REMEDY LIVE BAND
- JONAH HIP-HOP DJ SET
9pm | 18+ | Cardiff celebrates hip-hop
- SKUNKADELIC & THE DIGITAL KID
- JESSIKA KAY
10pm-3am | 18+
- MISSY G multi-genre album launch
- BREAK THE CODE
- DRUM’N’BASS DJS after til late
Under 18s allowed til 9pm. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Adult Ticket – £4 advance, £5 on the door or pay what you can.
Youth Ticket – £3 advance, £4 on the door or pay what you can.
Gemma Smith aka Missy G was once Wales’s only female drum n’ bass MC. Now, with the help of a ‘Sound of the City’ commission, the DJ, rapper, producer & singer – who also runs New Era Talent CIC, an organisation that mentors local young people in developing music creation skills – is creating a new multi-genre album, and will be launching it at this Cardiff Music City Festival event. Over ten tracks spanning grime, R&B, hip-hop and soft rock, she hopes to tell her own story and “show other people who face barriers, with lived experience & who live in poverty, to never give up.”
SKUNKADELIC is the moniker of Tumi Williams, a trailblazing emcee, artist & educator making giant strides in the UK hip hop scene. His erudite lyrics and signature rich baritone can be heard across solo work ‘Musically Drifting’, ‘No Time’ and as collaborator with the likes of The Allergies, Ty, Stagga, Magugu, Mazbou Q, Mr Woodnote and Band Pres Llareggub. He also fronts 9-piece Welsh afro-funk collective Afro Cluster. Skunkadelic’s multi-genre aesthetic is always refreshing, taking inspiration from the cerebral sensibilities of jazz rap (ATCQ, The Roots, Guru, The Pharcyde, De La Soul) and blending it with the invigorating sounds of his ancestral Nigeria (Fela Kuti, Tony Allen) culminating in an authentic voice empowered by generations of diverse music.
Loose collection of singers and MCs with roots in Hip Hop, Soul & Funk. Expect lyrical dexterity with powerful vocals and diverse styles. Pulled together by Cardiff MC UNITY from artists she had previously collaborated with, the collective has plenty of experience in sharing a stage and bringing the party!
Singer-songwriter from Cardiff.
BREAK THE CODE is a live act, music label and collective of artists & activists. Break The Code brings together multi-genre MCs, singers, beatboxers, music producers & DJs, with emphasis on MCs with conscious political lyrics and a party vibe aka the ‘Rapt-tivists’. They have performed at Glastonbury, Boomtown, Shindig, Small World, Sunrise, Equinox and Shambala, and they have just started their own drum’n’bass label.