UK hip hop is weak.

check out nas thiefs theme remix featuring rising son(from the UK)

or check out the B side of one of dilated pupils vinyls(cant remember which one) but foriegn beggars dropped on that also.

foriegn beggars also recently did work with darkchild and sum others, erm blak twang is signed to def jam(one of its many side lables, cant remember which one though) but i know hes done alot of work with def jam artists and affiliates.

foriegn beggars recently toured canada aswell, man theres alot of artists in the UK that are doing it big but at the same time keeping to their roots.

and yes canibus did live in the UK and many many many american artists have said theyve concidered moving to the UK simply because of how raw the scene is over here.

i went to see dead prez in leeds not too long ago when they toured the UK, and i think dead prez are sick, but even they admitted that the opening acts outshined them on that night(all of which were UK artists).

seriously, it pisses me the fuck off when ignorant little dicked fuck wits try commenting and judgeing a countries scene cos of their own close minded views when they clearly have no actual knowledge about the UK scene and probably know very little about the history of the hip hop culture in general.