Phatmark gaat opnieuw op zoek naar De Bestn vant Westn

Zestien West-Vlaamse rappers kunnen op zaterdag 29 september opnieuw de verbale handschoen opnemen. Dan organiseert Phatmark Collective vzw immers de vijfde editie van de rapbattle De Bestn vant Westn, die dit jaar opnieuw in de Magdalenazaal in Brugge plaatsvindt.  De Bestn vant Westn is een freestyle battle met louter...

10 New Belgian Hip-Hop Tracks You Should Check Out

If this heatwave isn't making you sweat, we got a list filled to the brim with the hottest local hip-hop tracks. So turn those windows down and the volume up, because this is a playlist to cruise to!

“You Belgians really have a better taste in music” - a talk with San Holo at Tomorrowland

After playing a set for the sweaty but hyped up people of Tomorrowland on this boiling hot Friday evening, San Holo took the time to have a chat with Chase before he had to take a plane towards his next gig. We talked about playing in bands, today's music...

NORA DHU - Illustrator & Tattoo Artist

Nora Dhu is the alter ego of Aster. She's an illustrator who turned into a tattoo artist. She creates her own exclusive designs that are inspired by Tim Burton and her own imagination.

WOO HAH! Festival - The Ultimate Hip Hop Experience

WOO HAH! Has become the holy ground for hip hop in The Netherlands. It's all about that hip hop lifestyle: hip hop music, the outfits, the food, the people,... We sent our team to the festival to show you what you've been missing out on.

The 5 best outfits of Woo Hah! festival 2018

A good festival outfit is not only fashionable but also functional. We spotted many good outfits at Woo Hah! 2018, but when it comes to balancing fashion and utility, these outfits succeeded the most.

ISHA, STIKSTOF and Sevn Alias are coming to Hip Hub Hooray

Isha Stikstof and Sevn Alias are coming to Hip Hub Hooray. We had a quick chat with programmer Jules Thys about this cross-border music project.

“You could say it’s the new face of Juicy” - A chat with the women behind Juicy

2018 was their biggest year yet. An EP release, on tour with Angèle and a festival-filled summer. Before their show at this year’s edition of Les Ardentes, hip hop/RnB-duo Juicy made some time for an interview with us...

5 dope outfits we spotted at Les Ardentes 2018

Festival season started out really well with amazing weather and at Les Ardentes people were flexing those fresh outfits like it was a fashion show.

Fire is Gold festival’s new unisex hoodies collection

The new unisex hoodie collection of the music, sports and fashion festival Fire is Gold is here, and it’s lit. Literally. The overall color/theme is yellow, the color of flames (and probably closest to gold) and the FiG logo all over the sleeves. The sweaters come in black too if yellow isn't your thing.

Travel to New York through our Instagram takeover by photographer Sacha Claes

The Hasselt-based video- and photographer Sacha Claes brings along his camera wherever he goes. In his portfolio you’ll find colourful pictures he took on various trips. For his Instagram takeover he shared 7 shots he took in New York City. Past winter he paid a memorable visit to the Big Apple. Discover more about Sacha and his trip to the most notorious city in his takeover.

Discovering dub culture and its influence on music at Couleur Café

Dub: it’s something everybody knows but on the other hand, nobody truly knows. It’s a culture and music that is embedded throughout society in various ways which had a big influence on music and still does today. Dub music founded its roots on the Caribbean island Jamaica, yes that country where Bob Marley was born. What not so many people know is that this is also kind of the place where the roots of hip-hop and many other genres and musical traditions were born. Since then it has spread out over the world and established itself as a subculture with a broad following. We sat down with the guys from Roots Corner sound system at Couleur Café who hosted their very own dub corner stage with their soundsystem for three days straight. Discover all about dub music, the culture and its influence in this article!

Kicking off our festival summer at Fire Is Gold

We kicked of our festival summer at Fire Is Gold. Mike Pro brought his camera and gives you an inside look how a day at a festival looks like for a Chase team member. Check his vlog to find out why he had issues with the fries though.

The most colourful people at Couleur Café

Last weekend we went to Couleur Café with our Chase team. Couleur Café is not only a festival to discover great new music, food, graffiti art and all that good stuff, but also a festival to discover new people. It might be weird to describe, but it is a festival where people come together with an open mind. Once you walk past the Atomium, you enter a place where people are ought to be themselves and do whatever they want, well almost whatever they want… A place for kids, youngsters, hipsters, people of age, Rastafari, parents and so on! Everybody is welcome. We wanted to meet some of these people and tried to find five of the most colorful people at Couleur Café. Or at least some of the most Colorful since everybody is a bit crazy in their own positive way there!

Illustrator/sneaker collector Jonas Cozone took over our Instagram page last week

Jonas Cozone (pronounced as Coz-1) is a Belgian all-round creative. He is an illustrator, vintage sportswear collector and beat producer. Cozone made hip hop beats for well-known names in the Dutch music scene (Safi & Spreej, Kleine Ben en King B) and released several beat tapes on Bandcamp. Some items of his vintage sportswear collection are displayed on his Instagram page. It's clear he is very passionate about sneakers, Nike Air Max in particular.

Have a look into our office in Ghent

Last winter Chase, Chase Creative and REC. moved into a new office in Ghent. Here's an inside look with pictures by Jennifer Kesteleyn

Get urban this summer at Antwerp’s Zomerfabriek

When Zomerfabriek returns to the city of diamonds, you know summer’s back in town. This year, Berchem’s best kept secret has some special treats in store for all urban lovers. We promise you it’s gonna be a hot summer.

5 reasons to go to Fire is Gold Festival this year

Since last year, Belgium finally has its very own hip hop festival. Now the festival less than one week away, it’s time to start counting the days. Here’s what you can expect this Saturday.
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