"I think the music is in a interesting state right now.  Things are changing, some say for the good and some say for the bad.  But we’ve never had a system where we the people control our music and have direct contact with the audience.  Perhaps there has been too much reliance on corporate culture to define our reality and our success.  Maybe this is the time to make our own radio stations, online, whatever, make our own distribution and make our own profits.  This is the best time to be in the music business.  We define our future by shaping it ourselves or allowing others to shape it for us."

Rapper/spoken word artist and UK rap veteran HKB Finn

This excerpt is taken from a feature published by Self Help News ('Giving Voice To The Voiceless') in a Q&A format in which BBM/BMC's Kwaku provides answers to questions relating to the state of British black music at www.ubol.com/index_files/Page2319.htm.

Britain continues to produce world standard artists of African heritage, selling millions of records. But what is the state of Black Music today in the UK? To assist us answer that question, Self Help News (SHN) invites Kwaku, one of the founders of Britain's  Black Music Congress (BMC) to comment.