Pamela McCormick co-founded UD* (United Development) in 2000, with the vision to create the premier agency for spotting and supporting Black music talent in the UK. Twenty years on, UD has expanded to encompass both a charitable arm, UD Music Foundation, and a commercial arm, UD Music. The former operates in the country’s poorest and most diverse boroughs delivering education and early talent programmes. The latter operates as a record label, facilitating the recording, production, release and promotion of music from exciting new Black music talent…

Dylan Murphy is a journalist, broadcaster, podcast host, manager and taste maker from Belfast. Operating as Head of Content at District Magazine in Dublin, he oversees live events across the country, documents alternative culture in Ireland and has interviewed acts like slowthai, JPEGMAFIA, Annie Mac, Arlo Parks, Mike Skinner and more. He also manages fellow Belfast native and rising teenage producer WhipItConall…

At just 18, Belfast's Conall Shaw has become one of hip hop’s most exciting prospects. In 2021 alone, the producer was personally invited to Timbaland’s Beat Club and co-signed by GRAMMY-winning producer Ronny J who teased a collaboration with Conall on Instagram. Elsewhere, he had production work featured on ‘Appraise’ with Hit Boy on the inspired soundtrack for the EMMY-winning Judas and the Black Messiah. The fact the album peaked at number one in the US Soundtrack Billboard Chart and his name sits alongside hip hop and RnB royalty in Jay-Z and Beyoncé in the credits is impressive, but it becomes even more astounding given all this was completed whilst he finished his A-Levels.

At a young age, Conall made the decision to make music his sole focus when he started making genuine noise in the industry. Starting a routine of sending hundreds of beats a week to artists, he quickly got the attention of former G.O.O.D Music signee Desiigner, who previewed a collaboration with Conall on Instagram. Following the success of the online collaborations, he quickly graduated to working in the studio, heading to Canada to work with Joey Bada$$ Collaborator Devontée. Conall also co-produced Big Sean’s ‘What a life’ which id currently sitting at 17 million streams.

In April of 2021 DJ Target interviewed Conall Shaw live on air on Radio 1xtra describing his work rate as “crazy” and touted him as a one to watch before praising his accolades and impact at such a young age.

He topped off 2022 with a co-sign from basketball icon Steph Curry, who played ‘Keep Your Head Up’, produced by Conall Shaw and linked to the song on Spotify. All this points towards a huge year for the most exciting young producer in the game right now.