Hip Hop Kemp is an international hip hop festival held every August in eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic. It is one of the biggest hip-hop festivals in Europe, with an audience of almost 20,000 hip hop lovers. The festival takes place in late August, usually in Festival Park, Hradec Králové and has been running since 2002.

Having grown from its humble beginnings at the areál koupaliště Cihelna in Pardubice, Hip Hop Kemp has become a meeting place for fans of Hip Hop Culture from across the globe. Numerous stages and hangers have a full line up of local and international DJs as well as artists, breakdancers and graffiti "artists" running over the course of three days. To cater for the growing international audience the promoters added two English hosts to the main stage (C Monts and Emdee) in 2006 to present the acts alongside the Czech language host (Mikro). More hangers have also opened as stages offering other related genres such as Grime, Dubstep and Club Music.

Hip Hop Kemp 2009 takes place from the 20-22 August and will include performances from La Coka Nostra, Lady Sovereign, Termanology, Kontrafakt, Indy & Wich and many more.

Contents 1 2005 Stars 2 2006 stars 3 2007 stars 4 2008 stars 5 2009 announced stars (as of 28/04/09) 6 External links

[edit] 2005 Stars

• Inspectah Deck (USA)
• Masta Ace (USA)
• Indy&Wich (Czech rep.)
• Orion (Czech rep.)
• Kontrafakt (Slovakia)
• Cryptic Mystic, also known as rok-wila (UK)
• Taffa (UK)
• One Self(USA, UK)

[edit] 2006 stars

• Curse (Germany)
• R.A. The Rugged Man (USA)
• Indy&Wich (Czech rep.)
• Kontrafakt (Slovakia)
• PSH (Czech rep.)
• O.S.T.R. (Poland)
• Sway & Pyrelli (UK)
• Cali Agents (Planet Asia & Rasco, USA)
• DJ A-Trak (Canada)
• C2C (France)
• Hocus Pocus (France)
• Afu Ra (USA)
• Non Phixion (USA)
• One Self (USA, UK)

[edit] 2007 stars

• Redman
• M.O.P.
• Dilated Peoples
• Heltah Skeltah
• DJ Revolution
• Kontrafakt
• Peneři Strýčka Homeboye PSH
• Cunninlynguists
• Likwit Junkies

[edit] 2008 stars

• eMC (Masta Ace, Wordsworth, Punchline, Strick)
• Pharoahe Monch (Performance cancelled due to an asthma attack.)
• The Roots
• Looptroop Rockers
• Atmosphere + Brother Ali
• Kano
• Guilty Simpson

[edit] 2009 announced stars (as of 28/04/09)

• La Coka Nostra (the whole group - House of Pain, Ill Bill, Slaine, Big Left)
• Devin The Dude
• Termanology
• Lady Sovereign
• Reks
• Tede with Numer Raz (also Warszafski Deszcz)
• Indy & Wich
• Kontrafakt
• Vladimir 518

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Read the interviews with HHK performers
• BigUp.cz - site which brings news about Hip Hop Kemp