Surface Emp, Celtic Connection, The Hold, Glasgow, Feb 8

Bringdaruckus is a website set up to promote and support Scottish hip-hop, and big up some of the incredibly innovative work in production and MCing that goes on here, often un-noticed by the music industry at large. Their efforts to re-dress the balance, and be a meeting place and open resource for all Scottish headz is a noble endeavour, one which the Skinny supports to the full. Bringdaruckus will be putting on some gigs in early February to promote Scottish & Irish hip-hop, bringing together the finest both cultures have to offer. To give you a bit of time to buy tickets, we thought we'd preview the gigs now! Trust us: you DON'T want to miss these nights. The Glasgow event features the mighty Surface Emp, whose 'Lucky Me EP' is a deserved underground sensation for it's clever lyrics and innovative sampling and production. Also playing live are The Remedies, Mavrick Sabre, Loki, Correkt Minds, and DJ G, not to mention host Bigg Taj. This is a night of EXCLUSIVELY homegrown joints, from the best that Scotland and Ireland have to offer. It's also all for the benefit of Maggie's Center, a cancer charity. The sister night in Edinburgh features Respek BA, Marrik Layden Deft, Project 77, Verse One, Jee4ce (who is hosting the night), DHT and DJ Fly-T of Capital 1212 and Zulu Nstion. Show your love, and buy Celtic.