Our Artists Include
Poets, Spoken Word, Musicians, Storytellers, Motivational Speakers
Our Musicians
Marianna Zappi
Marianna Zappi started singing at a very young age back in her home country, Italy, where she started taking lessons with Lorena Scaccia, one of the best and most recognised vocal coaches in the country. That was in 1991 and she hasn’t stopped ever since.
She took part in some of the most prestigious singing contest as a young talent and had the pleasure to work with some of greatest names in the history of Italian music such as Rita Pavone, Teddy Reno.
Marianna recently gained the attention of BBC radio with one of her new projects.
Asabi Hawah
Asabi Hawah is a soulful singer/songwriter with a diverse style and range – effortlessly meandering from Soul to Reggae to Afrobeat with sounds that she hopes to grab your attention and draw you into her world of heart-felt love and truth.
The music that Asabi produces is light, delicate and simple. Her lyrics coupled with her powerful voice create a world of perfect balance and melodies! Asabi has graced many stages in and around London for a number of years. She is a well-seasoned performer whose material constantly surprises and keeps you wanting more.
Raggo Zulu Rebel
Raggo Zulu Rebel is a London artist who blends hip hop, reggae, R&B, acoustic soul and a splash of grime – with a message. Also known as JAH MESSENGER, the message in his music is very important. He has performed & recorded all over the UK, the West Indies, Ireland & Prague and headlined Sol Music Festival Sicily.
Raggo Zulu Rebel has shared stages with the likes of UK hip hop stars Rodney P, Lowkey, Wretch 32, No Lay, SkinnyMan, Swiss (So Solid), English Frank, Logic, Ty, Maverick Sabre as well US legends Guru (Gangstarr) and Saigon. Raggo has worked with Big Cakes, Logic, Plan B, amongst others.
BLXCKCEASAR
BLXCKCAESAR is an established Music Producer who has been producing urban music professionally since 2014.
He is constantly expanding his repertoire, working with talented musicians from a variety of different urban genres.
Daniaal
Daniaal is a multi-genre producer and also a DJ.
His favourite genres are Garage, Jungle and Drum n Bass.
Lillie Aissa
Lillie is a breakout singer-songwriter spanning various genres. Her works are very eclectic.
Lillie’s lyrics are about remembering who you are when no one else is in the room.

Leah Patten
Leah is an aspiring singer-songwriter and actress who also dances.
The 17-year-old is determined to create music based on how she feels in the past, present and upcoming future.

Sense

Liam Chambers

J’Cento
JCoustic
A Clueless Pedestrian

Abs

Espoir Dekin
Our Poets
Aisling Fahey
Aisling Fahey is a poet who has performed in various locations across England, Ireland, America and India, including the Barbican, the Houses of Parliament and Glastonbury. She was a member of Barbican Young Poets and is part of the Burn After Reading collective, established by Jacob Sam-La Rose and Jasmine Cooray. Aisling was Young Poet Laureate for London 2014 – 2015.
Miss Jacqui
Miss Jacqui is a Spoken Word Artist, Mix Engineer, Facilitator, and Artist Manager. As well as being an Ambassador for multiple organisations that she holds close to her heart. Her love for Spoken Word/Poetry came to light in 2011, when she joined “Poets Platform” led by Kat Francois.
Since then she has performed at various locations like the Paralympic Team Welcoming Ceremony as well as the Opening Ceremony. Miss Jacqui has worked with Halfmoon Young Peoples Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, National Youth Theatre and Channel 4, just to name a few.
She is also the youngest board member of Graeae. Miss Jacqui believes that creativity is a universal language and in her spare time, she is devoted to the exploration of theatre, music, poetry, song writing, and of course performing.
Asha Lul Mohammoud
Asha Lul Mohammoud is of Somali origin is particularly interested in the area of development and with that issues pertaining to the Middle East. Over the years, Asha has worked with other NGOs such as VSO and most recently Interpal.
Asha enjoys poetry and is a poet herself, writing in the form of both traditional and spoken word poetry.
3 days ago
As the sign says we are indeed having the time of our lives!!
This week the You Press team are in sunny ATHENS, hosting our ScribersHive: Europe programme 🏛🇬🇷
SH: Europe is purposed to gather young people from different countries around Europe to create content using various forms of media (including
podcasting, writing & film) about social issues that exist in their countries!
We are elated to have such a diverse range of participants joining us from the UK, Romania, Greece, Armenia & Ukraine!
Please stay connected, as we will be sharing all of the amazing projects and activities that we get up to throughout the week!
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4 days ago
A couple of candid shots from our mental health and arts event, Crazy!
We hope you have enjoyed some of the previous content that we have uploaded in relation to this event. Lastly, we wanted to show some candid shots from the night and take the opportunity to say a massive thank you to the performers and wonderful audience and Allie's Art Club & The Lucky Club for collaborating with us.
Highlighting mental health issues is important to us at You Press because we understand how prevalent they are in society. We acknowledge that creating safe spaces to discuss mental health challenges can be incredibly impactful in reminding people that they are not alone. We are elated that through hosting crazy we was able to create that safe space and facilitate healthy and insightful discussions into mental health. Additionally, we were also able to bring light to how creativity and the arts can be a great means to managing mental health issues!
We look forward to hosting more events in the future centred around mental health and mental wellness.
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6 days ago
EXCITING ANNOUCEMENT:
You Press’ flagship socially conscious music programme, The Collective, is returning!
The Collective is a unique opportunity designed to support young aspiring musicians to develop their talent and produce socially conscious music relevant to the world we live in today.
Over the course of 20 weeks, our talented project managers / music leaders @raggozulurebel and @therealmariannazappi alongside others, will be developing your skill in a number of areas including lyric writing, vocal training, music production and confidence and performance technique.
We have made major improvements to this year's Collective curriculum including many new opportunities and we cannot wait to welcome new talent, so please do not hesitate to register your interest today (via. the link below)!
Link to register your interest: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFoskKlLi4ATdc3syWU5RotSc0L6mcrBEj6fi8oNHtG-tupw/viewform
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6 days ago
As part of our agency we offer artistic booking services, where we pair businesses and organisations with our freelance poets, singers and hosts to perform at events or to create content.
If you are in need of artistic services, please get in touch via email at contactus@youpress.org.uk
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1 week ago
After a three year pause due to the pandemic, this April we had the pleasure of bringing back our annual community dinner at Queen Victoria Seaman’s Rest (QVSR).
We are so pleased that we were able to create warm and joyful space for community members to come together and feast, whilst watching some amazing poetry performances.
Many were positively impacted by the dinner and expressed their utmost gratitude, some attendees were so passionate that they even helped us clean up!
Thank you to Queen Victoria Seaman’s Rest, all the attendees, performers & every person who helped make this event so special!
Check out this video to see more of what we got up to!
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