Sampa the Great

Sampa the Great is a Zambian rapper and songwriter whose music sits within hip hop. This London concert takes place at Village Underground, a venue that mainly hosts concerts with a focus on electronic music.

Sampa the Great is the stage name of a Zambian rapper and songwriter. Born in Zambia in 1993, the artist has been active since 2014 and released the debut album The Great Mixtape in 2015. Later records include The Return (2019) and As Above, So Below (2022), which brought several ARIA Awards and two Australian Music Prizes. Performances cited in the material include Coachella, Glastonbury, NPR's Tiny Desk and Later... With Jools Holland.

Raised in Botswana after being born in Zambia, the artist went to university in Australia before returning to Zambia. There, the artist discovered a blood connection to WITCH, the psychedelic rock band among the pioneers of the 1970s Zamrock movement. The forthcoming third studio album, Nu Zamrock, reworks that blend of rock, funk and African rhythm alongside hip hop, poetry, soul and Kalindula rhythms.

Village Underground, in Holywell Lane, mainly hosts concerts, with a particular focus on electronic music. The event brings the artist's work to a London audience ahead of the release of Nu Zamrock.