Dastan Abdali is an anthropologist who ethnographically researches the societal impact of Hip Hop culture in the Netherlands. He is currently a PhD candidate at Leiden University involved with the research program Re/Presenting Europe. He focuses on the creative practices of practitioners, and how these affect their wider surroundings and sensibilities that they take on in other areas of their lives. He is also a rapper and producer, and is currently the managing editor of Conflict and Society (Berghahn).

Steven Gilbers is Assistant Professor in the field of hip-hop linguistics at the University of Groningen. He specializes in the connection between language and music in a hip-hop context as well as regional variation in African-American English and rap flows from the American West Coast and East Coast. Aside from his academic endeavors, he is also a rapper and producer, and is involved with FiveSe7en Collective and Dutch hip-hop platform Homebase.

Alex de Lacey is Assistant Professor in Popular Music at the University of Groningen. He is the author of Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music (Routledge, 2023). His research on rap music has been published in Popular Music, Popular Music History, and Global Hip Hop Studies, among other volumes. He is also a practicing DJ and a live performer with grime collective Over the Edge.