Bow Grime music Archives — Roman Road LDN

Daniel and Mo from 4Deuce Films, producers of grime documentary Aint Hidin Nuttin.

Aint Hidin Nuttin: Insights drawn from a life of grime and crime in Bow

July 21, 2022July 29, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 650 Views 10 min read

How two East London locals are showing the world what it was like to grow up in the Mecca of

Grime photographer Simon Wheatley with Mustafa Has, outside Cafe East on Roman Road in Bow, East London

Photo by Serena Brown

How being an outsider helped Simon Wheatley document grime from the inside

January 23, 2021September 22, 2022 Tom McGhie 842 Views 7 min read

Simon Wheatley is an acclaimed photographer who spent twelve years documenting grime culture. His book Don’t Call Me Urban! spans the years between 1998-2010 and a selection of the photos were displayed recently in Cafe East.

Key grime figures and their roots with Roman Road

December 13, 2020January 25, 2022 Tom McGhie 934 Views 6 min read

Grime music, the genre which took the British charts by storm in the early noughties, is deeply connected to Roman Road and the surrounding area.

Dizzee Rascal's new album cover. E3 AF on yellow background.

Album Review: E3 AF by Dizzee Rascal

November 13, 2020January 13, 2022 Citizen Journalist 2273 Views 2 min read

Dizzee Rascal’s E3 AF (homage to his roots) is the follow up to Raskit, the hard hitting, banger filled album where Dizzee shows those who thought otherwise that he can still bar with the elite.

Lady Shocker portrait posing smiling grime artist Bow

Lady Shocker on the evolution of grime culture in Bow and beyond

March 6, 2020July 6, 2021 Frederick O'Brien 18139 Views 3 min read

‘Grime gets people away from a bad place. It gives them a living, something to focus on,’

Bot bot podcast hosts in recording studio by Zamei Moore

(From left to right), Jack Gipson, Jay Bits and Antoine Lambert. Photo © by Zamei Moore.

‘Grime still gathers’: podcast hosts discuss the local music scene

February 21, 2020March 12, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 13486 Views 6 min read

‘The youth clubs were the element that brought everyone together as part of that MCing culture. So after they started shutting down, everyone sort of drifted,’ laments Gipson.