Best Fit showcases the best in Icelandic hip hop at Iceland Airwaves
04 November 2016, 17:42
Photography by
Burak Cingi
At this year’s Iceland Airwaves we joined up with Loft to put together a line-up showing the many ways that Iceland’s hip hop scene is interpreting an entirely imported genre in its own unique way - from the political to the lyrical - and in the process creating the foundations for an exciting new movement in Icelandic music. Burak Cingi tells the story of the day.




















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