Gav Lawson is founder and CEO of THTC – an environmental clothing company with unique links to UK and world Hip-Hop. His tees are regularly seen being worn by the UK Hip-Hop elite and he returns the favour by sponsoring and promoting events.
He speaks to UKHH.com about the THTC soldiers, his Hip-Hop roots and keeping a fiercely independent company afloat amidst a crippling recession.
I’m a fan of street wear, hot clothes which look cutting edge and have innovative design and King Apparel is have been running tings with there garms for around 8 years. Maybe its being from London, the same city as the brand, sharing the same views and opinions as them. And if it is that then it comes across, something which must be hard to do, to capture a feeling and a vibe, and put it into clothing. I caught up with Tim who helped set up and now also helps to run, with his mate Paul, King Apparel.
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Ok so a couple of months ago we relaunched the site with a repress of our first ever interview with the Brotherhood from 1999 and coincided that with a catchup with one of the trio Spyce. That interview created a fair bit of cynicism amongst readers and people dubious of Spyces recollection of events. Never to be seen as one-sided we bring to you now a similar Q&A affair with Dexter to bring clarity or muddy the waters further but more importantly to let us know what he’s but up to since the Brotherhood disbanded… (more…)
A face on the scene for a good few years now, INC seems to be standing out at the minute as an individual with a promising path ahead. Known for being a battle mc on the London scene and supporting major acts such as Datsik, Necro, Rusko, Plastician, Caspa, Hatcha, Ghetto, Devlin, Virus Syndicate, Andy C, Foreign Beggars, The Pharcyde, Stenchman, Jehst, Skepta, JME, Jammer, DMZ, Datsik, Logan D, Klashnekoff, Sukh Night, GDC and the legendary Taskforce.
With animal delivery and wordplay which I can easily describe as frightingly vile (in other words SICK) I’m looking forward to hearing and seeing more. I caught up with him so as he could give us a little round up of what’s been and what’s to come.
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ReggiiMental keeps things moving with the release of the forthcoming EP ‘The FirePit’ which is schedule to drop, April 2011. Even with summer around the corner, there is still a cold chill which ReggiiMental captures nicely with his latest song and video.
Winter Wonderland does not actually feature on the forthcoming EP but acts as a stepping stone towards the proposed ‘Legacy Tapes’ project set to drop this coming autumn 2011. In between shifts, we managed to catch ‘Jimmy B-Boy for a few words… (more…)
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