The hustled
hip-hop from a different persepective
The Hustled are Pep Peppard & Justyn "J-Woo" Hughes
The pair met at Tameside College in Manchester whilst studying Drama and Music in 1999 and have been brothers from alternative mothers ever since .
After writing some music togetrher for college performances , Pep and Jay formed their metal band Collective Unit and played a number of gigs around the local scene .
In 2022 fter collective Unit disbanded , the lads took a couple years away from making music together and explored solo projects.
By 2004 the pair had reunited and were writing verses to hi-hop instrumentals, following their passion for their other genre of choice.
By 2005 The Hustled had played their first gig , at Font Bar Manchester in front of around 70 people.
Years of giging up and down the country followed , from Portsmouth and Brighton up to Cumbria and more whilst they honed their live performance .
in 2008 The Hustled were crowned UK Live & Unsigned Regional Winners for London and the South East.
After missing the Manchester auditon , The Hustled went on to collec the prize in front of a crowd of 1500 at a packed Fairfield Hall in Croydon London.
In 2010 The Hustled were crowned UK Open Mic Winners for London & the south east , winning the final in Brighton .
Since that point , The Hustled have continued to play live and have been lucky enough to play with some of the artists that influenced themincluding Foreign Beggars, Kyza, Wiley , Rhyme Asylum , Shy FX, Tinchy Stryder, Goldie Lookin Chain and more.
With 7 studio albums under their belt , The Hustled show no signs of slowing down.