Grime
Ghetts: On Purpose, With Purpose review – brimming with elegant fury
The grime veteran proves he’s still on the up with a well-crafted collection of thoughtful, impassioned tracks
Damien Morris
25, Feb, 2024 @1:00 PM
Grime pioneer Wiley stripped of MBE
Rapper and producer posted antisemitic comments to social media in 2020 and 2021, and was later charged with assault and burglary
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
23, Feb, 2024 @5:52 PM
‘I am the ultimate UK vocalist!’ Flowdan, the first British MC to win a Grammy
He helped create grime and his baritone growl causes frenzies on the dancefloor. Now that the MC is finally getting his dues, what are his plans? To conquer America – and create more mayhem
Ammar Kalia
12, Feb, 2024 @8:00 AM
Mobo awards 2024: Central Cee tops winners thanks to megahit Sprinter
London MC wins best male and song of the year, while Potter Payper beats stiff competition to win album of the year
Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Robyn Vinter
07, Feb, 2024 @11:10 PM
Laneway festival 2024 review – Stormzy electrifies against the odds at Sydney Showgrounds
The festival is touring around Australia and New Zealand this week – hopefully in venues that are better suited to the vibe
Caitlin Welsh
05, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
Where We Come From by Aniefiok Ekpoudom review – a social history of British rap
This unusual account of a musical movement eschews grand narratives and embraces the small-scale
Oliver Keens
25, Jan, 2024 @9:00 AM
Mobo awards for music of black origin to be held at Sheffield Arena
Exclusive: Yorkshire city will host event for first time to bridge north-south divide in funding and exposure
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent
23, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM
Theresa Ikoko on Grime Kids: ‘This was not just music. It was a way of life’
The co-writer of the award-winning film Rocks has written a BBC drama inspired by DJ Target’s hit memoir about the birth of grime. Here she writes about the risks people took in order to be heard
Theresa Ikoko
19, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM
Grime Kids review – so joyous you’ll want to get out your Discman and blast So Solid Crew
Set in the early 00s, DJ Target’s book about the birth of grime becomes a fun, infectious look at a group of mates trying to make it in music. It’s as box-fresh as a new pair of Reeboks
Leila Latif
13, Nov, 2023 @10:50 PM
‘It was freaking bananas!’: rap luminaries on the defining moments from 50 years of hip-hop
From Brooklyn block parties to globe-trotting glory, some of the biggest names in hip-hop share their personal highlights from five decades of rap, rebellion and raising the roof
As told to Thomas Hobbs
25, Aug, 2023 @6:00 AM
TV tonight: a gripping history of the game-changing grime scene
Storyville returns with a tale about how grime changed Black British music. Plus, it’s quarter-finals time for the Bake Off professionals. Here’s what to watch this evening
Phil Harrison, Katie Rosseinsky and Graeme Virtue
22, Aug, 2023 @5:20 AM
Stormzy review – rapper’s bullish approach pays off with joyous performance
Slow lovelorn songs make way for a crowd-pleasing succession of hits that has the audience running to the stage
Alexis Petridis
19, Aug, 2023 @4:12 PM
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