Category Archives: MK HIP HOP CULTURE PART 2 (1991 – 1995)

This section aims to document participants and projects related to the Hip Hop Culture that evolved in and around the Milton Keynes during the time period between 1991 – 1995.

Jack The Ripper (J.T.R)

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Jack The Ripper (J.T.R) discovered Hip Hop music and culture during the early 1980s and became inspired to rap after watching Ice T perform in the movie Break dance. As a young teenager JTR started to perform at local house parties in his home city of Milton Keynes with friend and beatboxer The Omen. In 1991 JTR and The Omen formed Hip Hop collective Death Before Dishonour (DBD) with rappers Highway man, The Atom and Paraffin MC.

Jack The Ripper (right) – Milton Keynes, early 1990s.

Death Before Dishonour formed shortly after the five rappers performed live at an event called Connection 16 that was held at The Point club during the early 1990s. During the same period DJ Roughcut was one of the resident DJs at The Point and helped the crew  formulate\produce their first demo recordings. DBD regularly performed in and around Milton Keynes during the early 1990s eventually incorporating live musicians in to there stage show. Continue reading →

DJ Trail One

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DJ Trail One discovered Hip Hop music and culture as a youth during the late 1980s and became a participant in several of its elements during 1991 when he formed Hip Hop collective UnderCover Prophecy (UCP) with DJ Delta and Kraze One.  As the 1990s progressed DJ Trail One began to elaborate on his Hip Hop foundations and by 1994 had establish himself as a Jungle artist forming part of the Gunstar Hero’s collective with DJ Halo and Adam from Redline records.

“Trail” by DJ Trail One – Buckingham, 1991.

UCP formed during the summer of 1991 and shortly after DJ Trail One and the other members began to establish the collective by creating several pieces of graffiti artwork in and around their hometown of Buckingham located on the outskirts of Milton Keynes. By the end of 1991 UCP had created a local street presence and expanded to incorporate several other artists, taggers, rappers and dancers all of which attended Buckingham secondary school during 1991-1992. Continue reading →

PXTN Design

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PXTN is a local artist that helped pioneer graffiti art during the early 1990s in and around his hometown of Buckingham located on the outskirts of Milton Keynes. Throughout the 1990s PXTN worked under several aliases to create a combination of local murals, flyers, posters, cassette covers and items of clothing that were all inspired by Hip Hop’s element of graffiti art. PXTN also experimented with other elements of Hip Hop culture including scratch DJing and Emceeing.

“PXTN logo” – PXTN, 2020.

PXTN discovered Hip Hop music and culture during the 1980s as a child and by 1990 at around age 14 began to create his first pieces of artwork using spray paint. Although PXTN created several murals previous to the “Risk” image shown below this photograph taken in 1990 is the first evidence we have of PXTN’s early work. The below “Risk” piece was painted along the old railway line in Buckingham when PXTN was using the alias Risk One.

“Risk” by Risk One – Buckingham, 1990. Continue reading →