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Another year passes and June 30th and July 1st rapidly approaches the most eagerly anticipated and original hip-hop festival, The International Hip Hop Festival Zaragoza Ciudad . Now in our Fifth Year having established ourselves as one of the most influential and important hip-hop festivals in Southern Europe, we are happy to announce this years and arguably the best line-up proving beyond a doubt that Zaragoza Ciudad is going from strength to strength attracting the best artists from Spain and the world.
After achieving international acclaim, hailing from Alicante, Nach presents his storming double LP. Ars Magna/ Miradas along with Catalonian group Falsalarma with what is said to be one of the best live hip-hop performances on stage and Solo los Solo , from Rubí, also in Catalonia. after having produced one of the best new albums of the year, delight us with their own variety of super funked-up beats. Further proving our commitment to local representation we have Rap'Sus Klei ,"el niño de la selva" (the boy from the woods), and his inseparable Dj Hazhe ; the spectacular performance of Rapasedio ( Dr Loncho / Fuerthefirst / Erik B ) who have been touring half of this country with their "Epico Tour" and, last but no least, the promising combo of Huellas de Barro with Aitor and CienGrados who are soon to be releasing their new album nationwide.
With previous years of the festival our international line-up is strong as ever, focusing on the best global stars, recognizing not only commercial success but quality. We have legendary East Coast groups PMD and DAS EFX (performing for the first time in Spain). Pages have been written about these two groups who have been at the forefront of hip-hop. Both have been pioneers in the late 80´s and 90´s maintaining the respect of the piers for more than a decade they continue to influence the new school of hip hop with today´s artists such as Jay-Z and DMX. From NY we welcome Lil Dap ( Group Home ), member of the Gang Starr Foundation , a platform provided by rap and hip-hop legend Guru for promising young Brooklyn artists. This charismatic MC will perform his last album proving that good things come from small packages.
Completing the international line-up with another Zaragoza Ciudad exclusive we have French group La Brigade and PHAROAHE MONCH, having just recently signed to Eminem´s label, Shady Records is one of international hip-hop´s rising stars with hot lyrical talent and flow, arriving to break down walls with his hit "Simon Says". La Brigade another group whose quality and experience is only matched by there exhilarating performances.
As a Zaragoza Ciudad tribute to all things hip-hop we welcome on stage the mighty BEAT JUNKIES with J-Rocc, DJ What? and Shortkut who come from Los Angeles/San Francisco respectively and visit us at the iberic lands for the first time.
There´s no doubting the atmosphere this year will be unbeatable and all the activities apart from the performances will make it a pleasure for all those who come here. As it has been already said, apart from the concerts, we will have areas especially dedicated to Graffiti, where you can find a wide selection of artists from the whole country such as Sex (Granada), Logan and Bonin (Sevilla), She , Sendys and Sague (Barcelona), Rulo , Keke y Cruel (Lleida), Berlin y Seal (Linares/Orihuela). They will be accompanied by our local crews: DFN , Dolce Vita , Snif Rules , etc... . Though we will have amongst us artists from Germany such as Akud , Kase , Loomit and Toast . BMX exhibitions won't be missing together with Skate and and open stage for B-Boys who will be able to practice Break-dance freely besides attending exhibitions from the most experienced dancers at night time.
And of course, the Underground Stage , in the open zone comes back for another year for new and un-signed artists.
So, this is it, you are more than welcome to spend the days 30th June and 1st July with us in the fairground of "La chimenea" in order to spend a great weekend in this
5th INTERNATIONAL HIP HOP FESTIVAL ZARAGOZA CIUDAD.
More info at www.zaragozaciudad.es