Phat Kat & Blacksmith & Air Adam & Workinonit

Phat Kat is a Detroit hip-hop pioneer, in the mid 90s he formed the group 1st Down with the late, great J Dilla (Jay Dee), although the group didn’t last long with 2 releases under their belt, ‘No Place To Go – 12″ single (1993)’ & A Day Wit’ The Homies EP – 12″ single (1995), they continued a tight knit working relationship, collaborating on the 1999 ‘Dedication To The Suckers’ EP released on House Shows Recordings, which was completed from scratch in 3 hours flat.

As well as solo releases The Undeniable LP(2003) & Carte Blanche(2007) and the S.O.S Project (2017) with Berlin’s DJ Dister, Phat Kat has worked with Slum Village, Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, Elzhi and some of my personal favourite tracks with Dabrye and Suff Daddy. The last time I saw him in Manchester was hosting the J Dilla Changed My Life tour in 2013 presented by The Doctors Orders raising money for the J Dilla Foundation & Lupus UK.

We welcome him to The Hip Hop Chip Shop in Manchester alongside Bristol based producer, MC, DJ & Host, Blacksmith who has supported the likes of Lupe Fiasco, Common and Jurassic 5 as well as releasing music with Skinnyman & Statik Selektah.

Air Adam is not stranger to the chippy and a longtime contributor to the Manchester scene, including being co-founder of and DJ at the “Family Gathering” nights as well as the original “Neighbourhood” Hip-Hop and reggae shows, the producer of a series of mixtapes, and releasing the Air Adam Podcast monthly since June 2009 – he’ll be taking us on drive through Detroit with a Motor City tribute DJ Set.

WORKINONIT launched their beat maker social collective at The Hip Hop Chip Shop over 2 years ago providing an invaluable community platform for artists from the UK and abroad to network and showcase their music. They’ll be bringing some of their finest residents to provide some Detroit inspired heavy hitting beats. 

Please get down early to support all the artists – we’ll be starting at 6pm sharp!