- B.R.O.T.H.E.R. movement
The Black Rhyme Organisation to Help Equal Rights (B.R.O.T.H.E.R. ) was a
1989 protest supergroup founded in theUnited Kingdom by theraga -rap group Gatecrash and a collective ofHip hop musicians to protest the policies ofapartheid inSouth Africa .The group's debut single, "Beyond the 16th Parallel", was released on
Island Records "4th & Broadway" label. It was followed by a music video. The artists involved donated all royalties to theAfrican National Congress .The second B.R.O.T.H.E.R. project was a three-track EP, "Ghettogeddon", focusing on the issue of inner city gun culture in the early 1990s. The artists involved donated all royalties to SCAR,
Sickle Cell Anemia Research.Participants
*Adisa
*Cookie Crew
*Crucial Robbie
*The Demon Boyz
*Jerry Dammers
*Five Black Intellects
*Freshki
*Gatecrash
*Gun shot
*Bernie Grant
*Hijack
*Icepick
*Junior San
*Katch 22
*Juniour Reid
*The London Posse
*London Rhyme Syndicate
*MC Mell'O'
*Mr Banton
*Overlord X
*Ricky Rankin
*Rebel MC
*Andrew Sloley
*She Rockers
*Son of Noise
*Standing Ovation
*Sweetie Ire
*Tenna Fly
*Tippa Irie
*Trouble & Bassee also
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Artists United Against Apartheid External links
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/B.R.O.T.H.E.R. "B.R.O.T.H.E.R." at Discog]
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