BLACK JOSH: POWER UP Music Creator
Short Bio: DUBBED A ‘MANCHESTER CULT HERO’ AND ‘LYRICAL MAVERICK’, BLACK JOSH IS A RAPPER, WRITER, EVENT CURATOR, HOST AND MENTOR. KNOWN FOR ENERGETIC AND THEATRICAL LIVE PERFORMANCES, HIS CREATIVITY DRAWS INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT POPULAR CULTURE AND THE ARTS. HE USES DARK HUMOUR AND CRUDE LANGUAGE TO DEPICT UNDENIABLE REALISM AND TACKLE HARSH REALITIES OF A BLACK, WORKING CLASS, MALE EXPERIENCE. MAKING THE PERSONAL RELATABLE, HE HAS CULTIVATED A UNIQUE SOUND, GAINING HIM AN INTERNATIONAL, CULT FOLLOWING, AND AMASSING MILLIONS OF STREAMS ON ALL PLATFORMS. SINCE BREAKING INTO THE WORLD OF UK HIPHOP AT 16, BLACK JOSH’ WORK HAS SUBVERTED GENRE TROPES. HIS DYNAMIC CAREER HAS OFFERED EXPERIENCES TO EXPERIMENT, SUCH AS JOINING MANCHESTER BASS MUSIC COLLECTIVE ‘LEVELZ’, CELEBRATING HIS ROOTS IN NORTHERN RAVE CULTURE. ‘LEVELZ’ HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE; HOSTING BOILER ROOM X NORTH FACE, TOURING EUROPE AND INDIA AND WINNING REDBULL CULTURE CLASH. MOST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH BLAH RECORDS, THROUGH WHICH HE RELEASED ‘YUNGSWEGLAWD’, HIS MOST PROMINENT ALBUM TO DATE. AND, WORKING WITH LEE SCOTT, AND 12+ ARTISTS FROM THE BLAH RECORDS ROSTER FORMED ‘CULT OF THE DAMNED’, A RAP COLLECTIVE HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL WITHIN UK HIPHOP. BLACK JOSH’ VIBRANT CAREER HAS SEEN HIM COLLABORATE WITH LIKES OF SKEPTA, ELIZA, THE MOUSE OUT FIT, SPRAGGA BENZ AND MORE. HE HAS PERFORMED INTERNATIONALLY INCLUDING AUSTRALIA, NEW ZELAND AND ACROSS EUROPE. PLAYED MANY FESTIVALS SUCH AS GLASTONBURY, OUTLOOK, BOOMTOWN AND SUPPORTED HIPHOP HEAVYWEIGHTS LIKE WU TANG CLAN, D12 AND DANNY BROWN. ALONG WITH FEATURING ACROSS PLATFORMS SUCH AS 1XTRA, APPLE MUSIC, AND NETFLIX.
Concise Description of activity: Creating music, videos, online content and merchandise to conclude with a themed stage show.