Songs To Live By

Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through the shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times, to share the songs that shaped their lives.

In this episode Vick is joined by comedian Sophie Duker and Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, founder of UK Black Pride. They talk about big personalities, Halle Berry's Oscar win, and the joy of coming out. With Songs from Ms. Dynamite and Boney M.

Coming up on Songs To Live By...

Writer and rapper Doc Brown and blogger Zeze Millz chat about music, skipping church and the early days of a thing called the internet. With songs by Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin and Nas.

Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through the shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times, to share the songs that shaped their lives.

In this episode, Vick is joined by Rizzle Kicks singer Jordan Stephens and poet Benjamin Zephaniah. They pick tracks by The Streets and The Meditations and talk about spoken word, lyrics and life (and why Jordan has a fanboy crush on Benjamin).

They chat about their work and their passions and go back and forth on what music and art really means to them, and how it has shaped their views today.

Benjamin is a writer, poet and musician with talents aplenty and never one to bottle his thoughts and views. Jordan is one half of the Hip Hop group ‘Rizzle Kicks’, writer, poet and presenter of the show ‘Don’t Hate The Playaz’.

Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating Black culture through the shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, from different generations, to share the songs that shaped them. Each guest brings two songs and each episode is a journey into their lives, our history and some great music - new and old.

That’s guests like Doc Brown, Mica Paris and Tiffany Calver; all picking tracks and swapping stories about themselves and their experiences growing up. These are the songs that make us who we are. Songs that help us tell our stories. Songs that express our struggles. Songs that celebrate Black excellence. These are Songs To Live By.

Coming up on Songs To Live By…

Rizzle Kicks' Jordan Stephens and poet Benjamin Zephaniah pick tracks by The Streets and The Meditations. They chat about spoken word, lyrics and life (and why Jordan has a fanboy crush on Benjamin).

Comedian Sophie Duker and Lady Phyll, founder of UK Black Pride, talk about big personalities, motivation and what made them tick as a child. With songs by Boney M and Ms. Dynamite.

Writer and rapper Doc Brown and Blogger Zeze Millz chat about music, skipping church and the early days of a thing called the internet. With songs by Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin and Nas.

Plus, comedian Dane Baptiste and poet Sophia Thakur, actor Paterson Joseph and gal-dem writer Niellah Arboine; activist Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu and jockey Khadijah Mellah; rapper Hardy Caprio and actor Akemnji Ndifornyen.