UK rapper Dizraeli is crowdfunding anti-homophobia record
- Text by Alex King
“It is insane to us that in 2014 homophobia is still rife,” announce UK alternative hip hip group Dizraeli and the Small Gods on their PledgeMusic page to fund the recording, release and music video for their new single ‘The Depths’.
An acoustic version is available online but the band claim the finished article will be “a bumping hiphop track infused with outstanding weirdness. Think Bjork meets J Dilla, and you’re just about circling the turd. It’s also an exploration of homophobia, masculinity and the crookedness of a society where people are still hated for the way they love.”
Dizraeli is no stranger to the DIY approach, self-recording his first solo record in a squat in Lewes in 2009, and not afraid of broaching political and other controversial issues in his music.
With this latest release Dizraeli & the Small Gods are confronting homophobia – an issue rife in some corners of the hip hop world – in their own engaging style and donating 20% of all money raised beyond their funding goal to Stonewall, who campaign tirelessly for equal rights for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Support Dizraeli & The Small Gods’ PledgeMusic project or catch them live at The Jazz Cafe, London on Thursday, 13 November.
Latest on Huck
Celebrating 20 years of The Mighty Boosh
A new exhibition takes a look behind the scenes of the iconic show two decades after its BBC3 premiere.
Written by: Isaac Muk
We Run Mountains: Black Trail Runners tackle Infinite Trails
Soaking up the altitude and adrenaline at Europe’s flagship trail running event, high in the Austrian Alps, with three rising British runners of colour.
The organisation levelling the playing field in the music industry
Founded in 2022, The Name Game is committed to helping female, non-binary and trans people navigate the industry.
Written by: Djené Kaba
Vibrant, rebellious portraits of young Cubans
A new photobook captures the young people redefining Cuban identity amidst increased economic and political turbulence on the Caribbean island.
Written by: Isaac Muk
How one photographer documented her own, ever-changing image
In her new photobook ‘A women I once knew’, Rosalind Fox Solomon charts the process of getting older through a series of stark self portraits taken over the course of decades.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Eddie Vedder on Kelly Slater
Read an excerpt from the Pearl Jam legend’s introduction to a new book on the surfing icon, documented by photographer Todd Glaser.
Written by: Eddie Vedder