Articles tagged with ‘Tunz One’

• Tunz One

  Tunz One is a Newcastle-born and bred MC and graffiti artist. He got into hip-hop as a young child after watching Beat Street on video. He describes hip-hop as his “outlet, release, presence”, a positive mode of art-making and expression which has helped him develop as a person and a performer. He is a youth worker and community volunteer, and has worked with young people on graffiti projects, hip-hop workshops and putting on plays and gigs. In this interview, conducted during the annual This Is Not Art festival in Newcastle, the earnest Tunz One talks about the closeness of the Newcastle scene, his group Bric A Brac, his experiences as a youth worker and artist and joint projects with TAFE Outreach, and his life as a father of two young girls.

  Tags: community work, Tunz One, theatre, battling, Newcastle, graffiti, workshops, Interviews