Blacka'nized

Blacka'nized were a hip hop group from the mid-1990s, comprised of Joseph Malik and A.J Nutall, hailing from Edinburgh. Joseph Malik was born in Glasgow but moved through to Edinburgh in the early 1990s after visiting Edinburgh for the 1993 International Arts Festival and deciding not to go back to Glasgow. While in Edinburgh Joseph Malik met producer A.J Nutall, an old friend from the early 1980s hip hop scene. MF Outa'National was the first incarnation of the collaboration between the two, and under thi