Summary: Issue 5
Published: Feb 1995
Editor: Vince Rutland

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Table of contents

• SPEN SET UP YOUTH PROJECT
  BACK TO SCHOOL!
• DERTy Video Saga
• SNAPPING RAPPERS
  A technical investigation into why swords fracture
• Meet the Team: Grand Union Rapper, Leighton Buzzard
• Rappin’ About
• Hoddesdon’s Day
• D.E.R.T. – News at Last
• An American Tale – tradition or travesty
• A North East Tour
• Letters
• Cartoon

Summary

Issue 5 of The Nut (February 1995) ranges widely across the rapper scene, combining practical news, technical discussion and lively debate. It leads with High Spen’s Ricky Foster launching a youth rapper project in North East schools, aiming to rebuild tradition through education. Updates follow on DERT ’95 in Leytonstone, alongside reflections on American rapper dancing and the tensions between tradition and innovation. The issue includes a technical investigation into sword breakages, a profile of Grand Union Rapper, continuing “Rapper Roots” research on Winlaton, and extensive “Rappin’ About” news from teams across Britain. Letters pages explore how traditions should be preserved, adapted and judged, reinforcing The Nut’s role as a forum for an evolving living tradition.