The Hennessy Hip-Hop House at Body & Soul: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop

With Body & Soul set to make its triumphant return in just over a week – coming to Ballinlough Castle in Co. Westmeath from June 16–18 – the team behind The Hennessy Hip-Hop House have revealed even more details about the eagerly anticipated programme...

Presented by Hennessy, this year's edition will be a major celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop – which is widely believed to have first exploded onto the streets at a party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973.

Marking this magnificent milestone, a bespoke programme has been created by guest curators Stevie G and Arveene Juthan.

As part of the celebrations, you can look forward to Live Graffiti with Rask & Sums, Breakdance with Northern Souls Crew, Paint & Sip with Simba, and Hip Hop Karaoke.

You'll also get a chance to delve deeper into the world of hip-hop, as Arveene and Stevie chat with some of scene’s biggest names. Arveene hosts ‘The Story of Irish Hip-Hop: the Music, the Culture’ on Saturday afternoon with Kojaque, Rask, Glen Brady and a very special guest, while Stevie G takes a look at ‘Hip-Hop’s influence in Art, Dance and Fashion’ with Shamon Cassette, Mango, Sums and Paul Ashford of 5th Element on Sunday afternoon.

Stevie G

The Hennessy Hip Hop House will play host to some of the most exciting up-and-coming artists across the weekend, with 'The Future Of Irish Music', featuring conversations and live performances.

Elsewhere across the weekend, you can soak in sets from the best Irish and international hip-hop acts and DJs – with Kojaque, Fabio & Grooverider and The Outlook Orchestra, and Denise Chaila taking to the Body & Soul stage as part of the Hennessy Music Trail.

The brilliant selection of acts at the Hennessy Hip-Hop House, meanwhile, includes Gemma Dunleavy, God Knows and MuRli, Celaviedmai, Aby Coulibaly, JYellowL and Sweetlemondae to name a few. See the full stage times below...

Gemma Dunleavy

The Hennessy Hip-Hop House will also be offering a sublime selection of cocktails – from the classic Hennessy VS + Ginger, to Body & Berries, or a Passion Smash.

FRIDAY:

16:00: HEWAN MULUGETA
17:00: BE (VIVA)
18:00: AOIFE NIC CANNA
19:15: STRANGE BOY
20:15: FROM HIP HOP TO BASS - FABIO & GROOVERIDER, AOIFE NIC CANNA, BEN BIX, EXECUTIVE STEVE
21:15: RÍ RÁ
22:00: AOIFE NIC CANNA
22:30: DADDY G (DJ SET)
00:00: HANDSOME PADDY
01:15: JYELLOWL
02:00: ARVEENE
03:00: BEN BIX X LITTLE O

SATURDAY:

11:00: GRAFFITI: RASK & SUMS
12:00: BREAKDANCE NORTHERN SOLES CREW
12.30: ‘THE STORY OF IRISH HIP HOP’ THE MUSIC, THE CULTURE ARVEENE WITH KOJAQUE/ DENISE CHAILA/ GLEN BRADY/ RASK
13:30: THE FUTURE OF IRISH MUSIC WITH CONVOS & SHORT LIVE PERFORMANCES
14:30: HIP HOP KARAOKE
15:45: NEGRO IMPACTO
16:45: NEALO
17:30: QUEEN BEATZ
18:30: DJ FLIP
19:30 MURLI
20:15: GLEN BRADY
21:45: ABY COULIBALY
22:30: GLEN BRADY
23:00: DJ MEK
00:00: NIGHTMARES ON WAX (DJ SET)
02:15: GOD KNOWS
03:00: MANGO

SUNDAY:

11:00: GRAFFITI: RASK & SUMS
12:00: BREAKDANCE NORTHERN SOLES CREW
13:00: ‘HIP HOP’S INFLUENCE IN ART, DANCE AND FASHION’ STEVIE G WITH SHAMON CASSETTE / MANGO / SUMS / PAUL ASHFORD 5TH ELEMENT
14:00: PAINT & SIP WITH SIMBA
15:00: THE FUTURE OF IRISH MUSIC WITH CONVOS & SHORT LIVE PERFORMANCES
16:00: SWEETLEMONDAE
16:30: RUBY IVY
17:00: TEE CARDACI
18:00: CC
19:00: DJ TU-KI
20:30: CELAVIEDMAI
21:15: BON VOYAGE
22:00: MOVING STILL
23:00: STEVIE G SOUNDSYSTEM
00:15: GEMMA DUNLEAVY
01:00: BILLY SCURRY