It's not everyday that the Hollywood A list elite and the UK underground Hip-Hop scene cross paths but today was this day.
Ricky Gervais, who is getting ready to host the 69th Golden Globe awards next month had found himself involved in a bit of controversy again over comments made on twitter yesterday. As always his fans came to his defence and one of those fans just happened to be UK rapper Genesis Elijah.
Genesis Elijah tweeted Ricky Gervais with a quote from one of his songs saying "If you don't like what I tweet then unfollow and block" along with a link to the video of his song titled 'My Truth'
To Genesis Elijah's surprise Ricky Gervais then retweeted it to over a million of his twitter followers adding the word "Inspiring"
Genesis then messaged back saying "Hope you liked the track. Thanks" to which Ricky Gervais replied...
Genesis Elijah is now only the 31st person to be followed on twitter by Ricky Gervais.
The song 'My Truth' which features a vocal sample of Ricky Gervais has seen a massive increase in views since being shared and is now tipped to be one of Genesis Elijah's most watched videos
The song will feature on Genesis Elijah's forthcoming EP 'Painkillers & Pilkington' who's title is a nod to Karl Pilkington who along with Steven Merchant featured on The Ricky Gervais Show podcast
Originally this song was released in 2010 on their 'Civil Unrest' EP, but 'Bellyfull' feels even more relevant in light of recent events. Genesis Elijah & Beezwax have released this video in support of the Occupy London movement.
Genesis Elijah releases another track from his 'I Ain't Even Charging EP'. 'Reign Of Fire' which samples Adele's 'Fire To The Rain' was produced by Dead Man Walkn has quickly become a fan favourite on the EP that has been downloaded almost 6000 times since it's release in May. The video was short earlier this yeah while Genesis Elijah was on tour in Switzerland and features many of Luzern's tourist attractions.
Unity is rare in UK Hip-Hop and positivity is even more scarce so it's big look when some of the biggest names in the scene get together to push a positive message. 'This Is Black History' features activist Jody McIntyre, MC's Logic, Big Ben, Jaja Soze, bigCAKES, Genesis Elijah, MC D, Cerose, Big Frizzle, Wordplay, Haze, USG, Rodney P and Akala. The track was produced by Last Resort and video was filmed by Global Faction. Please share and enjoy...
OK so YouTube f*cked us over but Vimeo came to save the day. This is Genesis Elijah's reworking of James Blake's already amazing song The Wilhelm Scream. After putting it out on SoundCloud last month and seeing the overwhelming reception of his version Genesis decided to give it a visual and put it up for free download. Of course we wont get the kind of views we'd normally get on YouTube because of the limiting format but that's cool with us. Please watch it, download it, share it...
Yeah so I had a weekend off show's and recording and stuff so my mrs took me to sunny Brighton for the weekend. I've been so many times before but mostly just for work. Anyway here are some pics...
