Rap Trip: Underground Scenes Uncovered

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A rap documentary series with The Rap Game UK contestants FOS and Ransom.

A rap documentary series with The Rap Game UK contestants FOS and Ransom as they discover underground rap scenes in a kitted-out yellow camper van.

Rap Trip: Underground Scenes Uncovered follows The Rap Game UK contestants Ransom and FOS as they drive across the UK and Ireland discovering the underground rap scenes that are not yet breaking through, but could be next to blow.

They meet rappers who are taking control and finding new ways to push their scenes, whether it’s building a stage in their local pub to perform or driving around Liverpool rapping out of a convertible car to entertain the public. This celebratory and fun series shines a light on pure passion and love for the UK and Ireland rap scenes.

Each episode sees Ransom and FOS travel to a different region, picking up local artists along the way in their kitted-out VW camper van. At the end of each episode, FOS and Ransom will record a freestyle in the back of the car with an artist they’ve met on the way.

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Rap Trip: Underground Scenes Uncovered: FOS and Ransom Rap Roadtrip: The Rise of Asian Rap

The Rise Of Asian Rap

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FOS and Ransom Rap Roadtrip

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FOS and Ransom travel to Leicester and Bradford to explore the British Asian rap scene.

Rappers FOS and Ransom travel to Leicester and Bradford to find out more about the British Asian rap scene. They attend a block party with fast cars and freestyles.

The British Asian rap scene is buzzing from within the community, but is it about to take off into the mainstream? And is ‘Asian rap’ a label that should be scrapped? In this episode, FOS and Ransom head to Leicester and Bradford to meet some of the rappers breaking through. In Leicester, the guys meet Jay Milli, a rapper of Punjabi heritage, and Ceejay. 

Jay introduces FOS and Ransom to WnP, Western and Punjabi Beats, before taking them to a night-time block party with fast cars and freestyles. The boys then head to Bradford, where local YouTube channel King of Da Hillz invites them to a video recording in a studio. They hear from HDUK and other Asian rappers about what it feels like to be marginalised in their own communities for being rappers.

Rap Trip: Underground Scenes Uncovered: FOS and Ransom Rap Roadtrip

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