News Melbourne’s Neon Queen are taking funk-infused hip hop to new heights with Livin/Breathin by Freya McGahey Based out of Melbourne, alt pop band Neon Queen have no fear for dipping their toes into more sonic landscapes…
Live Past, present, future: witness a hip hop chronology of the 3 EPs which changed Data Black’s life by Happy Data Black has just dropped Simulation, a three-track guide to making life your bitch. A dark, trap-heavy take on self-reflective hip…
Magazine Where did Winston Surfshirt get their jazzy names? Dive deep on the past of Sydney’s hip hop hooligans by Tom Cameron Embodying all the lazy, unadulterated sunshine which gazes down upon Manly beach in the summertime, Winston Surfshirt are one Aussie…
News Ja Rule, one of the most commercially successful hip hop artists of all time, fucks up beyond all expectation by Happy Three time Grammy nominee, actor in multiple Hollywood films, investor in the successful startup Magnises and an artist boasting over…
Lists Hip hop beats, protest anthems and Aussie classics: find bottomless inspiration in Nahko’s 25 essential tracks by Happy Where does the Nahko’s inspiration lie? As the frontman of Nahko and Medicine for the People, he’s dedicated to spreading…
Lists 10 Strayan musicians bringing a bit of hip hop into it: a list by the Surfshirts of Winston by Happy Winston Surfshirt have been kicking around for a while, jabbing at ya ears with the old slice of sultry, slinky…
Interviews What’s more important in the rap game, production or flow? Kirklandd weighs in on the shifting state of Aussie hip hop by Happy Since the early sounds of Kirklandd hit our airwaves we’ve been lapping them up one blazing tune at a time….
Music Loving this new wave of Aussie hip hop? Cris Gamble adds another notch to the belt with his new cut, Anthony James by Freya McGahey Hola, kids! Let’s get loose because Cris Gamble just dropped the banger of all bangers. Not sure where you stand on…
News You can now Netflix and chill to Baz Luhrmann’s series on the birth of New York hip hop by Emily Mathison The first trailer for The Get Down, a Baz Luhrmann creation to be aired via Netflix, has been shared and…
Health News Dylan Joel, M-Phazes and more champion mental health with Hip Hop: A United Front by Shayen de Silva Mental health issues are no walk in the park, and as anyone who has seen the effects of it first…
News Australian hip hop group One Day cover Scribe’s Not Many by Jen Ng Sydney’s hip hop collective One Day (Horrorshow, Spit Syndicate, Jackie Onassis and Joyride) covered Scribe’s Not Many one triple j’s Like A Version….
Lists Best Hip Hop and R&B list of 2014 by Lucille Sadek Check out Happy’s list for Best Hip Hop and R&B albums of the year. From the established greats of Drake to the…
Features Music Sports How hip-hop, hardcore and punk music defined skateboarding videos (and vice versa) by Tom Disalvo The widespread and subversive influence of skate culture on fashion, film, art and music is often overlooked. Operating as a…