Welcome to Hybrid London The Heritage Issue Riz, Dels and Sofi Leaders of the Nu- Skool New music with Crazy Cousins, Giggs, De Tropix & the hottest new female talent Young Comedians Slanguage A.I.N.T Secret Style Histories The Art of Chirpsing 20 06 13 INTRODUCING – Sara Shamsavari, Charlie Crockett, Beniot Pioulard, FEATURES – The New Nu De Tropix, Damien O’Brien Wave: Sofi, Riz and Dels; Global Kingdom: What does it THIS IS REAL LIFE – The Young mean to be young and British? Gambler; The Art of Chirpsing; Bare Jokes: Fine Young Comedians Enterprise with Tim Campbell; Slanguage: The Meaning of Slang Career tips from Rodney Hinds She said... This issue is all about Heritage and what it means to you. The Cut is put together by individuals from a mixture of different backgrounds and He said... cultures so it was a topic that What’s really good? I cannot got us thinking. We wanted believe it, here we present to to know what it really means you our third issue! The theme to be British today, which is this time round is heritage, excplored in the feature Global and we represent nations Kingdom. Read our Slanguage united together as one. With piece- are you up-to-date with interviews with talent from your street vocab? Check out across the board, UK rapper Secret Style Histories to find Giggs, Entrepreneur Tim out more about the heritage Campbell, Riz Ahmed, Sofi of some of this seasons top Donuts and Dels surely you will 44 trends. The jam packed music be jumping in your shoes to section features interviews find out what they have to say. with Crazy Cousins, Kyza and We also have a new Real Life we meet 5 new female artists section featuring my personal to add to your play list. Enjoy favourite the ‘Chirpsing’ 34 this issue and get involved! debate, so boys you can learn Ronnie Grebenyuk new skills on how to chat up girls. Join us while we learn to Ski for this Issues 50:50, and check out our star studded ‘Football XI’ it. 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Looking at her photos, it’s obvious they’re taken by a Londoner who loves her city, but where does she call home? ‘I’ve always said I was Iranian, but when you get out there in the world, you’re British. I always tell people where I’m from, but also where I grew up and both of those places have had an influence on me.’ Shamsavari’s story is testimony to the belief that if you are brave enough to put your work out there the people who you seek respect from will give it. ‘My favourite photographer of all time is Jamel Shabbazz. I wrote him an email. I didn’t expect any response, but 2 hours later, he wrote me an public perceptions.’ email saying he was touched Its because of this that she by my words and that he loved chose Topshop’s Flagship my work.’ Shabazz has been Oxford street store for her a mentor to Shamsavari ever most recent exhibition ‘Beauty since, inviting her for her first Untold, ‘the reason I wanted to international show Danny have the show at Topshop was Simmons Gallery in New York. because its a public place. A lot ‘If you can change the way of people are too intimidated to someone feels you can go into art galleries’. Although change the world. The arts she’s also shot fashion can move people’. Shamsavari for numerous magazines, asserts ‘It’s only been in this including Touch, i-D and age that people think art is Graphotism, her stand out all about the individual. If work is her raw but beautifully you go back in history art had composed documentary shots a purpose. What I’m talking of everyday Londoners. about is nothing new’. You can’t help but wonder what these people’s stories are? What’s going on beneath Everyone’s a ‘street’ the surface? As it turns out the photographer these days.