Self-confidence, self-criticism, anger and reflection: the music of rapper Amewu, regarded as one of the best live MCs in Germany, is informed by his hometown of Berlin. He combines hip-hop with grime and dubstep for his fast-paced rhyming. Rap is to him a means for change, even when it is yourself who needs to change. This is what shapes his music.

Rapper Matondo is a Berliner and describes his city as the greatest source of inspiration to him. His socio-critical lyrics are about the things that are often overlooked in politics. Matondo has already been on stage at Ballhaus Naunynstraße as part of the production One Day I went to *idl by the akademie der autodidakten (Academy of Autodidacts). With his music, he points to where he sees the origins of rap music ‒ in political tensions.