2025 UPDATE: Phillie celebrated his 30 years in the game by throwing a succesful Hip Hop exhibition called « Memory Lane » (and the memorabilia book of the same name) and is in the process of opening up a Hip-Hop Museum and cultural center. Alongside his longtime partner DJ Frx, he will re-release their ‘Blackout Project’ album from 1997, never released on vinyl. During Covid lockdown Phillie has also completed a compilation with unreleased songs from Zagreb’s lost Hip-Hop generation called ‘Zagreb Rap Demo (1985-1992)’ that recently dropped on 2LP/Tape/DSP’s on Phillie’s own Blackout label in collaboration with Dallas Records. The record went number one and was most sold release in Croatia in the week of May 12-18, 2025. He also works as a consultant for Berlin’s 90’s Tapes / HHV Records helping reissue some of the golden 90’s Hip-Hop gemz such as Al’ Tariq ‘God Connections’, Real Live ‘The Turnaround’, B.U.M.S. ‘Lyfe ‘n’ Time’, Hard Knocks, O.C., Mad Skillz, Jamal, Da Mexakinz, Yaggfu Front, Original Flavor and many more to come. With partners from France, Portugal and Belgium his Blackout Hip-Hop association is spearheading an 18 month long international EU funded program called « She Raps », educating, helping and developing female MC’s from the Balkan region.
