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So I left the office and hopped on the tube to the Southbank centre at Waterloo to see the “Supreme Ladies of Britain” show. This was a night showcasing the numerous talented UK female hip-hop artists. Now I must admit I did not have much knowledge of the UK scene because it is so dominated by the heavy weight USA presence Nikki Minaj’s and Little Kim’s of the industry. So I was a little sceptical that it would be a bunch of nobodies running around trying to talk yanky.

I was so wrong, it was a night full of talented spoken word artists, rappers, beat box champion, and dancers who could pop, lock and break like no other human body can.

The night started with a dance battle like no other and the winner could get a £200 gift and some choreography lessons. Ok so if you don’t know what battle dancing is, let me break it down for you. It is like an argument but just through dance and only the best dancer will win the round and move to the next stage. Kinda like X Factor but these people all really did have talent. Through each round, the contestants would hug and then battle dance and then whoever won would be encouraged by the one who lost. Totally inspiring it was sisterhood at its best, trust me.

There was popping locking, rocking and straight up hip-hop dancing. I felt like I was on an MTV music video the amount of moves that were being thrown done on the stage.

Ok so the dancers were fabulous, but let me introduce to you someone who I would have to call the new Missy Elliot/MC Lyte/Salt and Pepa UK artist called Lady  Lykez. Now this artist has some killer lines and had me bobbing my head. Lykez has a song about embracing your figure, whatever your size is and loving it and never being ashamed of who you are or what you are about. This message was in her funky and funny track called “I love my butt.”

Oh my gosh before I go there was this beat box girl who was able to drop the best sounds and you actually felt that it was music playing.

A great fun night out for all who believe women need to encourage each other and strengthen our sisterhood a whole lot more.

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