LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND + JERU THE DAMAJA // The Cluny Newcastle

Name: LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND + JERU THE DAMAJA // The Cluny Newcastle
Start: 2026-01-23T19:30:00+00:00
Location: The Cluny

Schedule

Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Cluny | Newcastle Upon Tyne, EN

A friday night double bill special featuring Lords of the Underground making their Cluny debut and to open the show we welcome back Jeru the Damaja, a hip hop legend who has made The Cluny his his second home.
LOTU
Emerging from Newark, New Jersey, (DoItAll, Mr. Funke )and Cleveland,Ohio (DJ Lord Jazz) Lords of the Underground burst onto the scene in the early 90’s with their groundbreaking debut Here Come the Lords (1993), featuring golden-age hits like “Chief Rocka” and “Funky Child.” With DoItAll’s dynamic energy, Mr. Funke’s gritty delivery, and Dj Lord Jazz’s technical turntablism, they became a defining East Coast trio, known for tight chemistry and substantive lyricism.
Under the tutelage of Marley Marl and K-Def, LOTUG delivered a string of classic records. Their sophomore Keepers of the Funk (1994) further cemented their place in hip-hop lore. Resurrection (1999), House of Lords (2007) ,Lotug 20 (2014) Some solo albums, the trio never lost their core audience or their credibility. In April2025, LOTUG released their long-awaited album So Legendary, fully produced by Snowgoons. This ten-track record embraces boom-bap authenticity while introducing fresh sonic textures, and it’s widely praised as their strongest work in decades.
The trio’s individual pursuits continue to shine. DoltAll expanded into acting and civic leadership-elected Newark’s first platinum selling artist to win the West Ward in June 2022 and also has released solo projects American Du,Brenda’s Son and Alma. Mr. Funke has continued to work all over the world writing, producing and featuring on projects with international artists. He released his solo project DXM Part 1 in 2018. Dj Lord Jazz stays culturally active as the host of a global mix show, managing his daughter Dj Glo , touring as a Dj and producing other acts while being a behind the scenes curator of hip-hop history and has released solo albums The Plain Dealer 1 and 2 and also the LordTrilla series.
A landmark moment came in December 2024, when the National Hip-Hop Museum in Washington, D.C. inducted Lords of the Underground into its Hall of Fame during its large-scale Hip-Hop Holiday Honors event-joining icons like Marley Marl, DJ Jazzy Jay, Kool Moe Dee, and others. Lotug’s induction underscored their enduring impact on the culture.With So Legendary, The Hip Hop Hall of Fame honor,and thriving solo pursuits, Lords of the Underground havereaffirmed their legendary status-underground in name only, timeless in influence.
Jeru The Damaja
Jeru The Damaja is an MC, Producer, Photographer, and filmmaker that has been an essential part of Hip Hop culture for over twenty-five years, from his early collaborations with the legendary Gang Starr to the present day.
Born (Kendrick Jeru Davis) in the rough East New York section of Brooklyn, Jeru honed his skill as an MC while navigating the often-deadly streets of his notorious Brooklyn neighborhood. In The late 80s, Jeru was fortunate enough to be introduced to Guru of Gang Starr by a childhood friend. Gang Starr first introduced Jeru The Damaja to the world on a track entitled “I’m the man” from their 1992 Daily Operation album. Jeru’s first two albums Sun Rises in The East and Wrath Of The Math were produced entirely by DJ Premier and are hailed as Hip Hop classics. Jeru’s music is featured in numerous video games, television shows, and movies like Grand Theft Auto, Narcos, and Mid90s, to name a few. Jeru has worked with many international gold and platinum recording artists, such as Grammy-nominated Groove Armada, Japans DJ Honda, the Polish rap group Slums Attack, Cut Killer from Paris, France, Drum, and Bass duo Camo and Krooked and many more. For the last few years, Jeru has decided to push his creativity to new unexplored realms by relocating to Berlin, Germany. In 2020 Jeru will release his 6th Full-length Studio LP in an unconventional, unorthodox manner befitting the man known as D. Original.