The Black Rhyme Organisation to Help Equal Rights (B.R.O.T.H.E.R. ) was a 1989 protest
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founded in the
United Kingdom by the
raga
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-rap group Gatecrash and a collective of
Hip hop musicians to protest the policies of
apartheid in
South Africa.
The group's debut single, ''Beyond the 16th Parallel'', was released on
Island Records
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"4th & Broadway" label. It was followed by a music video. The artists involved donated all royalties to the
African National Congress.
The second B.R.O.T.H.E.R. project was a three-track EP, ''Ghettogeddon'', focusing on the issue of inner city gun culture in the early 1990s. The artists involved donated all royalties to SCAR,
Sickle Cell Anemia Research.
Participants
*Adisa
*
Cookie Crew
*Crucial Robbie
*
The Demon Boyz
The Demon Boyz were an English hip hop group formed in London by Demon D, Mike J and DJ Devastate. They began rapping whilst in their early teens, performing at the Rebel MC’s Beat Freak gigs. Their big break came when they won a competition o ...
*
Jerry Dammers
*Five Black Intellects
*Freshki
*Gatecrash
*
Gunshot
*
Bernie Grant
*Hijack
*Icepick
*Junior San
*Katch 22
*
Junior Reid
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*The London Posse
*London Rhyme Syndicate
*
MC Mell'O'
*Mr Banton
*
Overlord X
*Ricky Rankin
*
Rebel MC
*Andrew Sloley
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She Rockers
The She Rockers were a female hip hop group from London, featuring Donna 'She Roc' McConnell, Antonia 'MC Aurra' Jolly, Dupe Fagbesa and Alison Clarkson (who later found fame as Betty Boo).
Career
She Rockers' first release - as a trio of McConne ...
*
Son of Noise
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*Standing Ovation
*Sweetie Ire
*Tenna Fly
*
Tippa Irie
*Trouble & Bass
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See also
*
Artists United Against Apartheid
External links
"B.R.O.T.H.E.R." at Discog
Hip hop collectives