An array of local artists has banded together for a hip-hop show in aid of community group Stand Up Bermuda.Producer Jamie Lovell said the Hip-Hop and Microphones show at Berkeley Institute will showcase Bermudian talent at a quiet time in the local entertainment scene.It will also feature a modelling contest, a rapper’s standoff and a clash of DJs hosted by Nadanja Bailey.“The whole thing is about fun and entertainment,” Mr Lovell said. Dance troupes Ladies of TORC and Bermuda Squad will add to the show.Rapper Jermaine (Seven) Philpott, who helped organise the event, said he wanted to help Stand Up Bermuda as a gesture of support for Bermudians opposed to violence.“We’re hoping to give them $1,000,” he said. “I’m still collaborating on my own work to help those guys out. This show is like a spin-off of that.”A variety of artists will pit their verbal skills against one another in brief rapping jousts at the January 28 event.“I give people real-life situations, none of that bubblegum rap,” said musician King InFamus, who will showcase a hard-hitting new song, Real Life.“What can I say? I’ve been in the game for quite some time, and I feel I’ve got something. Call it rap, hip-hop or R&B. It’s all just music.”Chewstick and Devils Isles Entertainment performer C.A.S.E. said: “I’ve been seven years with Chewstick, which is where Seven approached me to bring a different kind of flavour to the line-up. I try to tell the kinds of stories that most people don’t get to hear.”Tickets are available from this week at 517-9731 or 595-5230.Useful website: www.wix.com/seven_philpott/flamthrower