My Lambo Life vlogs are back! In the latest episode, I’m on set with Blanco, Lord Apex, Koder and The Plug as we shoot content for my magazine Viper [@vipermagazine | www.vipermag.com. I also got in a Lamborghini and a Maclaren, got SUPER close to the swans and took you for a couple beauty treatments. […]
The Forté – Finding Your Forté Podcast.
I recently caught up with The Forté for their Finding Your Forté Podcast. I definitely mentioned a lot that’s helped me so far in my career, so watch if you’re curious about my work so far and advice to get into the industry…
The 20six07 Podcast.
I recently caught up with the ladies at the 20six07 podcast to talk about my career so far. There’s also a healthy amount of chat about how good I am at making apple crumble. Definitely worth checking out if you’re pursuing a career like mine as I speak on getting into the industry and discovering […]
Throwback: Mobb Deep Live Session NYC.
There are a lot of things I’ve done in my career that I feel I never get to celebrate, so I wanted to start a new feature on the site, as a way to spotlight some of the amazing things that have happened or that I’ve been able to witness whilst I’ve been doing this […]
[211 Girls] Females on Deck: Lily Mercer
DJ, CREATOR OF VIPER MAGAZINE, HOST AT BEATS 1 AND RINSE FM MAKING HERstory “I have always loved music, but it wasn’t until my early 20’s that I realised how much I LIVED for it. That was when my passion began to develop into a career. It was all quite organic” Thinking back, very similar […]
94Five Tastemakers: Lily Mercer.
I recently did an interview with 94Five for their Tastemakers segment… A tastemaker is someone whose opinion we trust, so much so that we let them set the bar for popular trends and fashions. So if you’re paying any attention to Hip-Hop right now, Lily Mercer is the tastemaker you should be watching. When it […]
Interview: Mogul
I recently spoke to Mogul about founding Viper Magazine, misogyny and the role women play in rap. Check out the interview here. My answers were edited down for Mogul but you can read the full interview below… 1) At the London School of Fashion, you were honored for a project in which you explored the […]
Interview: The Hundreds.
I recently caught up with Tom Winslade from The Hundreds for an interview about my radio and journalism career. Read an extract below… London’s Resident Queen of Hip-Hop :: A Conversation with Lily Mercer There are so many platforms for sharing and discovering music in the digital age that it can become somewhat overwhelming at […]
Interview: AUTRE Magazine.
LEADING THE HIP-HOP RENAISSANCE: A CONVERSATION WITH VIPER MAGAZINE PUBLISHER LILY MERCER ON THE NEW GOLDEN AGE OF HIP-HOP I’m one of those weirdoes who actually gets excited for the weeks when new magazines drop. I get my art fix with Juxtapoz and ArtForum. Politics get imbibed with the New Yorker and the Atlantic. The […]
Interview: Link Up TV’s Industry Spotlight.
I recently spoke to Link Up TV for their Industry Spotlight segment. We recapped on my career so far, the birth of Viper and the differences between doing radio work with both Beats1 and Rinse FM. Read all about it below… For our next instalment in our “Industry Spotlight” series, we’ve called upon Rinse FM […]
Mechanical Dummy Interview.
I recently sat down for an interview with Mechanical Dummy to discuss my career so far, including setting up Viper Magazine and appearing on Beats1 and Rinse FM. Being true to one self is one of life’s hardest challenges, especially in the entertainment business because to do what you want to is to go to […]