The Hip and the Street

Hip-hop and street cultures in enduring times of crisis

Conference & 8th Meeting of the European Hiphop Studies Network

Thursday 5, Friday 6 and Saturday 7 of June 2025

Auditorium: Sakis Karageorgas II, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences

Friday 6 of June 2025

11:00–11:15 | HIP-HOP HAUNTOLOGY AS METAMODERN PRAXIS (Presentation) FROM Michail Exarchos (PhD) a.k.a. Stereo Mike

20:30–23:00 | RAP PERFORMANCES FROM Stereo Mike & MC YINKA

Mike Exarchos (a.k.a. Stereo Mike) is a hip-hop musicologist and award-winning rap artist (1st MTV Best Greek Act winner), with nominations for seven VMAs and an MTV Europe Music Award. He is the Creative Director of tech innovation company RT60, specialising in intelligent music apps, and has led programmes in recording, mixing, mastering, and record production at various UK institutions. Mike has published extensively with Routledge, Bloomsbury Academic and the journals of Popular Music, Popular Music Studies, and Popular Music Education. Under his Stereo Mike alias, he has produced four critically-acclaimed solo albums and numerous singles for international artists on labels such as EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner Music. Mike’s self-produced album, XLi3h, has been included in the 30 Best Greek hip-hop albums of all time. His latest book Reimagining Sample-based Hip Hop, published by Routledge (2024), is accompanied by a 69-track album of hip-hop instrumentals created entirely out of self-made samples.

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