RE-IMAGINING THE PEOPLE OF CHELTENHAM'S HIP HOP SUB-CULTURE

Sketchster- Tom




Ryan Scott - Ryan was the first person I got to know in cheltenham, he is everywhere these people go, a really good friend to all, Ryan used to create the posters for events for places like the Frog and Fiddle, he created and helped put together some really big events for the small town of Cheltenham under the name of 'Drunken Masters', to name a few... 'The Four Owls', 'Datkid' Mic D, Jam Baxter, Dr Syntax Sumgii and many more. Ryan has been an important person t help network artists into the local vicinities, and it is because of these events that these names grow in size and gain better recognition, if it were not for people like Ryan I may not have ever stared to pursue the documentary of HipHop within Cheltenham and Gloucestershire. 




Tommy Burnz - One of the oldest members of this groups of people - a legend in the UK graffiti scene, Tommy has been painting the world with colour and tags since the 90's whilst also rapping for various HipHop groups such as Vital Organs in which I believe JPDL and SKetchster were all a part of at one point. Either way all of these people I have been documenting and writing on are connected a lot closer than it may initially seem. Most have been friends for some time now, groups of MC's have parted and others have stayed, some people have moved away to Amsterdam and places across Europe and some have stayed local and are still in the same parameters do this day