Chris Yates, Journalist

Sneaky Sound System’s Connie Mitchell says that, despite becoming one of the go-to singers for the international hip hop elite, she’s still not really into that sort of thing.

It’s the follow up he had to make, whether five years was too long to keep the momentum going is yet to be seen.

With a second EP ready to drop, Hannah Shepherd from Brisbane’s Charlie Mayfair tells Chris Yates what they did differently this time around, and how before joining the band her life was about to take off in a very different direction.

"I was battling demons in my head for ages," 360 tells us how he managed to stay true to himself as he tries to figure out how it all went so right.

"It’s very easy to plink and plonk and make a bunch of noise," claims Amon Tobin as he takes his music and visual extravaganza ISAM through Australia.

MC Sereck convinces Chris Yates that the new Def Wish Cast record, Evolution Machine, is more than just another sporadic reunion record for the group – it’s the start of a whole new chapter in the ongoing saga of Australia’s hip hop originators.

“There’s no deeper meaning behind that song. I was just imagining that I was in the zombie apocalypse and I recognised someone I used to know who had turned into a zombie,” Pip Brown - aka Ladyhawke - is setting the record straight.

Tjimba Possum Burns is one half of Indigenous rap duo Yung Warriors. He talks to Chris Yates about the massively important role hip hop can have in the lives of young Indigenous Australians.

Not having the same amount of input from Joey Ramone as on the album he worked on up until his death, Don’t Worry Bout Me, it’s hard to know how he would really feel about this collection.