Zipera
Zipera is a Polish hip hop group connected with WWO WWO is a Polish hip hop group. The letters in the group's name originally stood for ''W Witrynach Odbicia''. The two members of the group which originally started the underground project, which was WWO ("W Witrynach Odbicia" - "Shopping window ... and Fundacja in a larger crew called ZIP Skład. Discography References Polish hip hop groups {{Poland-band-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prosto
Prosto Sp. z o.o. is one of the largest Polish hip-hop record labels and clothing company. It was founded in 1999 in Warsaw by rapper Wojciech "Sokół" Sosnowski. The label released their first album ''Świeży materiał'' by Waco in 2001 in cooperation with BMG Poland. Next year Prosto released their first independent album ''Hołd'' by Pono, although it was distributed by other major label Warner Music. In 2005 Prosto signed a distribution deal with Fonografika. Since 2010 labels releases are distributed by Firma Księgarska Jacek i Krzysztof Olesiejuk. As of 2014, Prosto released over fifty albums by such artists as VNM, Sokół & Marysia Starosta, Fundacja 1, Diox & The Returners, HiFi Banda, Małolat & Ajron, RaggaBangg and Potwierdzone Info among others. Label's other releases include compilation album ''Cuba Libre'' (2006), mixtapes ''Prosto Mixtape Deszczu Strugi'' (2006), ''Prosto Mixtape 600V'' (2010), ''Prosto Mixtape Kebs'' (2012), and fifteenth anniversary compila ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, seventh largest EU country, covering a combined area of . It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordering seven countries. The territory is characterised by a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and Temperate climate, temperate transitional climate. The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Humans have been present on Polish soil since the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Glacial Period over 12,000 years ago. Culturally diverse throughout ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Polish Hip Hop
The Polish hip hop scene was born in the early 1990s, due to the popularity of American rap. Nevertheless, rap style in Polish music has its deep roots in the 1980s Polish punk rock, alternative rock, disco and funk music. Polish hip-hop artists are well-known performers across Europe, especially in the former Eastern Bloc. Many rappers from Poland are collaborating with artists from Europe, the USA and even Cuba. History The first album by a Polish performer was ''East on the Mic'' by PM Cool Lee, which featured two songs in Polish. Lee was from Kielce, but Warsaw soon emerged as a center for hip hop, after KOLOR, a radio station, began broadcasting ''Kolor Shock'', hosted by Bogna Świątkowska, Paul Jackson, an African American expatriate, Sylvia Opoku from London, and DJ Volt, whose crew, 1kHz, became performing stars in their own right in 1995. Volt also founded the first Polish independent hip hop label, Beat Records. Although the label did not last long, it did intro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |