The Black Rhyme Organisation to Help Equal Rights (B.R.O.T.H.E.R.) was a 1989 protest supergroup founded in the United Kingdom by the raga-rap group Gatecrash and a collective of Hip hop musicians to protest the policies of apartheid in South Africa.
The group's debut single, Beyond the 16th Parallel, was released on Island Records "4th & Broadway" label. It was followed by a music video. The artists involved donated all royalties to the African National Congress.
The second B.R.O.T.H.E.R. project was a three-track EP, Ghettogeddon, focusing on the issue of inner city gun culture in the early 1990s. The artists involved donated all royalties to SCAR, Sickle Cell Anemia Research.
Participants
Adisa Cookie Crew Crucial Robbie Demon Boyz Jerry Dammers Five Black Intellects Freshki Gatecrash Gunshot Bernie Grant Hijack Icepick Junior San Katch 22 Junior Reid London Posse London Rhyme Syndicate MC Mell'O' Mr Banton Overlord X Ricky Rankin Rebel MC Andrew Sloley She Rockers Son of Noise Standing Ovation Sweetie Ire Tenna Fly Tippa Irie Trouble & Bass
See also Artists United Against Apartheid
External links "B.R.O.T.H.E.R." at Discog