Rap Music Fan Club

Rap Music Fan Club was started by Nick Armitage a Chris Read. It is a London based group of music makers, designers, photographers, DJs and fans of great music brought together by the common goal of celebrating over 30 years of recorded rap music, through a series of projects incorporating music, photography and design. Rap Music Fan Club's first project will be series of events named 'CLASSIC MATERIAL'. Each month a club night, mix CD, t-shirt and collectable limited edition box set will pay homage to a specific era of rap's colourful history. The series kicked off in October 2010 with our celebration of rap's formative years 1979-1987. Each subsequent month, we will celebrate a specific year's musical output. Confirmed contributors in the fields of music, design, photography and film include Andy Smith (Portishead), Chris Read, DJ Format, DJ IQ (Professor Green), DJ Nickname, DJ Pogo, DJ Vadim, DJ Woody, Harry Love, John Brotherhood, Matman & Daredevil, Mr Thing, Normski, Ollie Teeba (The Herbaliser), Pritt Kalsi, Strictly Kev (DJ Food / Ninja Tune) and Unsung Heroes.