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Derek B

Derek B

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Interview by Gene Santoro, Pulse!, 1987

Six years ago, Profile Records released six 12" singles. That was before Run-D.M.C. Now this thriving independent has some very major ambitions. ...

Derek B: Rapping for the Yankee Dollar?

Interview by James Brown, New Musical Express, 7 May 1988

DEREK B is Britain's first serious contender for the crown of international rap. JAMES BROWN bows to the boy from Bow but wonders whether the ...

Pop Will Eat Itself: Scrapping With Rap

Report and Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 29 October 1988

As DEF JAM'S happy rap panto rolls through Europe POP WILL EAT ITSELF and PUBLIC ENEMY are getting on fine. Unfortunately the hordes of Belgian ...

Run DMC, Public Enemy et al: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 15 October 1988

LONDON BRIDGE is falling down, Big Ben has struck one minute to midnight and had his hand's burned. And all is not well in this ...

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