Sugarhill Gang and The Furious Five perform live hip-hop classics at Pitt St. Skatepark, celebrating the history of the genre.
Sugarhill Gang and The Furious Five are playing Pitt St. Skatepark on Saturday 18 July, with the night running from 19:00 to 23:00. It's a double bill that brings two of the earliest names in hip-hop to the same stage in Portsmouth.
The set is built around the classics that helped the genre find its feet. You'll hear Rapper's Delight from Sugarhill Gang and The Message from The Furious Five, and the night is billed as a celebration of the music that started it all. It's not just hip-hop, either — the evening draws in funk, soul and disco, so it's as much about the dancefloor as the rapping.
Both acts are described as 'The Godfathers of Hip-Hop', and that's the angle they're leaning into: bringing the history of the scene to Portsmouth. Having them on the same bill puts two different branches of the early New York sound in one room, and they're performing live rather than just spinning records.
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It's all happening at Pitt St. Skatepark, 315 Commercial Rd, PO1 4AY, one of the city's more unusual venues. Tickets are £20 to £50, and the music runs from 19:00 until 23:00.
