If you’re not up to speed on the UK Grime rap scene, let’s first put you’ll on with a quick snapshot of who Skepta is and what he represents to that world. Joseph Junior Adenuga, known as Skepta, was ...
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. It’s been almost a week since the Brit Awards, and we’ve had time to reflect. But in the desperate scrambles for contrarian context, it doesn’t seem like ...
The U.K. rap scene experienced a resurgence in 2023, with rappers breaking records and topping the charts with No. 1 albums. 2024 has got off to a good start, with a Grammy win for pioneering grime ...
Since the release of Drake's More Life playlist last weekend, debates around grime and rap have dominated online discussion. Dave, one of U.K. rap's brightest young stars and recent Drake collaborator ...
The first rap music I ever loved was British. In 1988, when I was about to turn nine, my family moved to London for a year. (My dad, a history professor, was on sabbatical, trying to write a book that ...
Despite being sidelined by an unwelcoming industry for too long, women are leading the way in the contemporary resurgence of grime music and taking the sound into the future. A shining light is in the ...
In Thornton Heath, South London, the hush after sunset is interrupted only by the occasional muffled sounds of a passing car or the clatter of steel gates swinging in the winter wind. It’s a throwaway ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Klein is caught in a lie. On a weekday afternoon in New York, she asks me to meet her at a gallery on Canal Street for our ...
A talented job-seeker grabbed the attention of an award-winning national recruiter – by applying for a role with a gritty, self-penned rap. ‘Despairing’ graduate Anastasia Glover wanted her CV to ...