A British hip-hop pioneer who never quite got his commercial dues, Roots Manuva is back with a new single, " Facety 2:11," produced by fellow maverick Four Tet. It marks the first piece of music ...

I thought buying my ticket for Roots Manuva 2.5 months ago was a good move. Ends up I should have waited. Tickets are still on sale. “Step 1: Start with the Voice. As the leading practitioner of U.K.

Ricky Ranking sidled across the stage in woolly hat and sunglasses with a brief rap interlude and teasing the crowd with his repeated refrain "Guess who’s here…?" as the audience eagerly awaited the ...

It’s not easy to get a handle on what Roots Manuva is about anymore, beyond being a UK hip-hop stalwart. His last few albums have leaned on wonky digi-dancehall, positioning him as a cartoonish party ...

Ricky Ranking sidled across the stage in woolly hat and sunglasses with a brief rap interlude and teasing the crowd with his repeated refrain "Guess who’s here…?" as the audience eagerly awaited the ...

Roots Manuva has had his Mercury Prize trophy returned after moving house and accidentally leaving it behind. Manuva – whose real name is Rodney Hylton Smith – took home the award at the 2002 Mercury ...

While there's still no word on a fifth studio record from British dub/hip-hop mainstay Roots Manuva, his label, Big Dada Records, has announced that it will release an LP of his songs reworked by UK ...

On the off-chance you might be mourning the existence of a real British summer (unless the combination of cold snap and piss-wet drizzle can be counted as a "real British summer") this week we're ...

According to his Twitter feed, Roots Manuva needs a hoe. That's not hip-hop slang – he means a garden hoe. The rapper, who grew up in inner London but now lives in leafy Surrey, has been trying his ...

All is good and everything is right in the world, for Roots Manuva has just shared the first single of a batch of new material. "Facety 2:11" is the first track out the gates and, with production from ...

Roots Manuva, aka Rodney Smith, comes to Leeds in February seeking new converts to his unique brand of UK hip-hop. Rodney Hylton Smith aka Roots Manuva was born in 1972 in Stockwell, south London. His ...