{"id":4958,"date":"2020-11-24T18:20:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=4958"},"modified":"2020-11-24T18:20:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:20:51","slug":"adam-ants-bassist-teams-up-with-basement-jaxx-rapper-for-punk-rock-hip-hop-fusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=4958","title":{"rendered":"Adam Ant&#8217;s bassist teams up with Basement Jaxx rapper for punk rock-hip-hop fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Punk rock and hip-hop collide in a new project which features <strong>Chris Constantinou<\/strong> from Adam Ant&#8217;s band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bass player has teamed up with <strong>Basement Jaxx<\/strong> rapper<strong> Jenna Dickens<\/strong> in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ItsRudeGrl\/\">Rude Grl &amp; CC<\/a><\/strong>, and they have just released the title track from their debut EP, 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