Other Welsh rap stars were championed at the ceremony: Eric Martin and DJ Jaffa received the Welsh Music Inspiration award to acknowledge their long careers in the scene. Together they helped to establish a hip-hop culture in Wales, with Martin also scoring major success with dance act Technotronic, co-writing their global hit Pump Up the Jam.<\/p>\n

Eric Martin said: \u201cI feel blessed to have been part of a young, vibrant hip-hop scene in Wales. To be seen as a point from which these current, musical breadcrumbs emanate is an honour. I\u2019m both humbled and grateful.\u201d DJ Jaffa added: \u201cTo see so many artists from boom-bap to drill to all forms of hip-hop morph into something beautiful warms my heart \u2026 I love to see Black music in Wales. This is our year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: www.theguardian.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The underground rapper Lemfreck has beaten established stars such as Skindred and Gruff Rhys to win the 2024 Welsh music prize. The 30-year-old from Newport, born Lemarl Freckleton, was given the award in recognition of his ambitious, deeply atmospheric three-part 2023 album Blood, Sweat & Fears. At the time of its release he said he…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":92745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n