Saturday 12th April
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Monday 28th April
South Bank Centre, London
birminghams biggest ever grime, rap and orchestra concert is coming to birmingham symphony hall and southbank centre
legacy in concert
A celebration of the city’s music legends, LEGACY will include live performances by 15 of Birmingham’s leading music icons.
BIG DOG YOGO, BRIXX, C4, CREEZON, JAYKAE, LADY LESHURR, MAYHEM, NODB, PRESSURE0121, ROXXXAN, SAF ONE, SOX, T ROADZ, TRAPPY and TRILLA
Alongside a 75-piece orchestra led by the multi-award winning conductor; PHIL MEADOWS.
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Tickets via Southbank Centre
Rehearsal photography from CBSO
LEGACY explores the untold stories of Birmingham’s grime, hip-hop, and rap scenes - the artists who have been responsible for, and have influenced the city's Black music scene; allowing new sub-genres and artists to follow in their footsteps.
Watch the Docu-Series on LinkUpTV
“There was a time when people would say that Grime wasn’t relevant, wasn’t a thing - but I would say Birmingham always carried that torch. Birmingham are the unsung heroes” - Stormzy
legacy book has
been released
“When I'm done, I’m gonna get seen with the likes of Mike Skinner and UB40. I'm good with what I'm doing. I know I'll go down in history in this city.” - Jaykae
who is featured?
‘LEGACY’ boasts a stellar line-up of artists, tastemakers and entrepreneurs who are ingrained within and have helped cultivate the Black music scene in Birmingham, these include the likes of: A Class, Ameena, Bowzer, Badness, Big Mikee, Biggoss, C4, C Deadly, Continental GT, Despa, Faron Mckenzie, Ghetts, Graveyard, Hitman, Invasion Crew, Jaykae, JP Patterson (Complex), Lady Leshurr, Logan Sama, Malik, Mayhem, Mist, Preditah, Ras Kwame, Remtrex, Rinse FM DJ’s, RM, Roxxxan, Saskilla, Safone, Sox, Stardom, Swifta Beater, Trilla, Vader Wiley and many more. LEGACY also pays its respects to Major and Depzman.
The themes explored include the history of the Birmingham grime & rap scene, the evolution of pirate & national radio and other platforms, the producers & people who influenced the sound, famous clashes which caused viral moments and key highlights and cultural moments that made 0121.
