A graffiti story that opens into design and the long aftermath of violence.
SODA's conversation moves steadily from graffiti and missing paintings into the violence that followed, then into the design work that took him from Italy to London.

Street culture history from inside the room.
Killa Kela Podcast runs on scene memory, name-checks, and long-form interviews with people who have lived the culture from the inside. Recent episodes move between graffiti craft, UK hip-hop lineage, battle rap documentation, club-focused production, recovery, design work, and the messy realities behind public art.
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Killa Kela Podcast works like a running oral history of hip-hop-adjacent street culture, told by people who do not need the basics explained back to them. It is quick on the handoff and loose around the edges. The show often starts with a vivid fragment, then lets the guest backfill the years, places, mistakes, methods, and hard-earned opinions behind it. Graffiti sits at the center of many recent episodes, but never as a tidy art-world subject. XEMAYO talks through ego, control, battle mode, beauty, and why the public often sees tags as dirt before it sees the romance. SNOE TRP moves through psychedelic influence, studied art, sketches, colorways, and the long process behind a visual language. TASTE ONE MDR connects tagging, handstyles, spray-paint finesse, mural work, and the way paint companies still learn from writers who understand the can in practice. REACH CBM brings the conversation into darker territory, speaking about hard drugs, prison, recovery, and the shift from rushed work to slower, calmer pieces. The show lets that heaviness sit in the room. It also laughs, interrupts, and keeps rolling. MO SEAN's episode links UK hip-hop, B-Boy culture, graffiti, live performance, and childhood trauma in a way that makes scene history feel personal rather than decorative. JON E CASH's episode is sharper on music, especially the idea that certain records are built for club systems, not phones or passive streaming. SODA's story crosses graffiti, design, London, Milan, and a bizarre account of paintings caught up in a violent crime. The War of the Words special turns toward battle rap documentary-making, asking where the line was, what was captured, and what might not be possible to make now. Across the run, the show values memory over polish. Names and places fly by quickly. That is part of the appeal. Killa Kela Podcast suits listeners who want the raw map of a culture from the people who kept marking it, building it, dancing in it, arguing over it, and carrying it forward.
Made for: For listeners already drawn to graffiti, UK hip-hop, beatbox, battle rap, B-Boy culture, and club music lineage. It best suits people who like long, unfiltered scene conversations more than polished celebrity interviews.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by treating street culture as lived memory, craft discipline, and social history at the same time. It gives guests room to ramble through names, technique, trouble, recovery, and legacy without sanding off the edges.
THANKS FOR PASSING THROUGH - DON'T FORGET TO HIT SUBSCRIBE! The Killa Kela Podcast is a series focussing on Artist2Artist conversations of music & Street Culture. Each episode we talk to the creme of international artistry/guests who have contributed their lives to the urban arts and music. Bringing high profiled legacy acts together alongside underground pioneers; From Musicians, to graffiti writers, to fashion trailblazers - this show allows guests to indulge in a more passionate conversation into their musical drives, tastes, creative beliefs and ultimately, what they stand for as artists. We get under the hood of those artists who's roots lye deep within decades of international street c…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Artist conversations connect music to graffiti, design and the hard practical work of sustaining a creative life.
Killa Kela Podcast puts creative practice under close questioning. The host gives musicians, graffiti artists and designers room to explain technique, discipline and the turns that reshape a working life.
Graffiti technique meets survival testimony, giving you more than another polished artist origin story.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A graffiti story that opens into design and the long aftermath of violence.
SODA's conversation moves steadily from graffiti and missing paintings into the violence that followed, then into the design work that took him from Italy to London.
A hard-won look at graffiti, recovery, and the long memory of street life.
CBM's account stays anchored in a hard split between graffiti and a long run of drugs, prison, and recovery. He speaks plainly about using and dealing, and the near-30-year span of hard drugs gives the story its weight.
Taste One connects the discipline of a fat-cap tag to the movement and scale of mural work.
Taste One makes the smallest moves feel like the real measure of graffiti craft. Scraping, hand styles, and tagging are treated as proof of what a writer can actually control, not side notes before the bigger wall work begins.
Nocky turns rave history, found clothing, and graffiti culture into a grounded account of reinvention through making.
Nocky connects Shoreditch rave culture with masks, found garments, and sustainable textiles, making the episode feel like a study of how creative work can absorb chaos and turn rejection into reinvention.
A candid grime-career conversation about discipline, burnout, COVID, and the will to keep moving.
A grime-crew conversation settles on the unseen cost of longevity. The clearest idea is that the work has to be treated like an athlete's life: late nights after raves, early gym sessions, careful food, studio hours, and the steady responsibility of running a Manchester…
Sydney party records, kept moving.
Apple details, software habits, and everyday technical friction.

Records worth hearing, reasons worth arguing over.



Killa Kela interviews Virus Syndicate, a Manchester-based grime and dubstep duo with a two-decade career.
Noki, a pioneer clothing designer, discusses his journey from 90s Shoreditch rave culture to creating sustainable fashion.
This episode features an interview with a London graffiti writer discussing street culture, police encounters, public confrontations, and aspects of hip hop and squat lifestyle.
This episode features an interview with Mike Giant, a 90s graffiti writer and street culture creative, discussing his adventures and artistic journey.
This episode features an interview with DJ Kayper, discussing her journey from lying to her parents about DJ gigs to becoming an award-winning BBC presenter and hip-hop DJ.
This episode discusses the importance of using linen over cotton canvases for oil paintings to ensure longevity and durability in art.
Killa Kela Podcast #694 features Birmingham beatboxer and MC Mad Flow recounting how he entered UK hip-hop.
Killa Kela interviews Cleveland Watkiss about his development as a vocalist, his Hackney upbringing, and work with The Who, Lisa Stanfield, Robert Williams, Goldie, and Fabio.
Bella Monae discusses the strain of balancing studio work with content creation, including spending three hours shooting material that may become 20 seconds of content.
This episode features an interview with directors Craig and Tom discussing their documentary on battle rap culture, focusing on controversial content, free speech boundaries, and the scene's evolution.
This episode features a graffiti artist discussing the balance between ego and control in street culture, contrasting aggressive tagging with artistic pieces and public perception.
This episode features an interview with Mo Sean, a UK B-Boy and graffiti artist, discussing his experiences in street culture and hip-hop.
This episode features an interview with UK graffiti artist SNOE TRP, discussing his artistic influences from psychedelic and street culture, along with sponsor promotions for NFT projects.
This episode features an interview with producer Jon E Cash discussing his hip-hop mindset focused on creating music for club environments rather than digital platforms, his recent moves with club nights and a record label, and the importance of experiencing music loud in person.
SODA comes in carrying a violent memory.
Reach CBM starts with the hard years.
Killa Kela Podcast #668 features Denver-born graffiti writer Taste One discussing how freight trains, family influence, tagging, and hand style shaped his artistic practice.
This episode discusses the importance of using linen over cotton canvases for oil paintings to ensure longevity and durability.