International Hip Hop News and Features:
MOROCCO: Female rappers win Morocco’s first national hip-hop competition, May 12, 2008
CANADA: Abstract Rude: Passion for Hip Hop, May 12, 2008
UK: Breakin’ Convention thrills to a Brazilian beat, May 12, 2008
UK: The Master of Grime: Dizzee Rascal tones down his gritty, jagged hip-hop style, May 12, 2008
UGANDA: Ndugga Spreads the Hip Hop Gospel, May 12, 2008
RWANDA: Hip Hop Dominating Music Industry, May 12, 2008
YEMEN: Yemeni rapper meshes cultures through music, May 8, 2008
YEMEN: Hip Hop Comes Alive in Yemen, May 8, 2008
LEBANON: DJ Lethal Skillz Pushes Arab Hip Hop, May 7, 2008
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Hip Hop’s Painful Birth, May 2, 2008

World Hip Hop Radio is featuring artists from the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival (April 4-6, 2008 - check www.trinityhiphop.org for more details)! We have a full lineup of performers for you: Baba Israel & Yako (USA), Chachi (Cape Verde), Dahlak (of iLL-Literacy), Eternia (Canada), Invincible (USA), Narcy (Iraq), Pri the Honey Dark (USA), Sam the Kid (Portugal), Shokanti (Cape Verde), Tem Blessed (Cape Verde), Y-Love (USA), Self-Suffice (USA), Zimbabwe Legit (Zimbabwe).

For our obscure tracks this month, we tracked down a couple of Burmese rappers, J Me and Kyat Pha (Myanmar). Rounding out the rest of our global lineup are artists from Argentina (Zurita), Australia (Boltz, Brad Strut, Lyrical Commission), Austria (Trishes), Canada (Academy, Brassmunk, Cadence Weapon, The Nemesis Two, Shadez, Touch and Nato,), Egypt (Shareef), France (Akila Onda, Jazz Liberatorz,), Italy (Silek), Kenya (Autumn Leaf), Netherlands (Keynote Speakerz, Nicolay & Kay, Kid Sublime feat. CeeMajor), New Zealand (R.E.S., Kwierist), Palestine (DAM), Somalia (K’naan), Spain (Jefe de la M), Taiwan (TriPoets), UK (Asaviour, Braintax, Chester P, DJ IQ, Farma G, Jehst, Skriblah & Sundragon, Klashnekoff, LG, Pitman, Sir Smurf Lil, Tommy Evans, Verb T, Kashmere, RootWords, Stig of the Dump).