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Daniel and Mo from 4Deuce Films, producers of grime documentary Aint Hidin Nuttin.
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local 

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

July 21, 2022December 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Features

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

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Grime photographer Simon Wheatley with Mustafa Has, outside Cafe East on Roman Road in Bow, East London
Photo by Serena Brown
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local 

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

January 23, 2021September 22, 2022 Tom McGhie 0 Comments

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.

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Photograph of grime rapper Wiley by an ice cream van with his entourage of ten.
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local 

Key grime figures and their roots with Roman Road

December 13, 2020January 3, 2023 Tom McGhie 1 Comment

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.

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Dizzee Rascal's new album cover. E3 AF on yellow background.
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local News 

Album Review: E3 AF by Dizzee Rascal

November 13, 2020January 13, 2022 Citizen Journalist 0 Comments News

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.

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Lady Shocker portrait posing smiling grime artist Bow
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local News 

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

March 6, 2020July 6, 2021 Frederick O'Brien 0 Comments Features

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

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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.
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local 

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

February 21, 2020March 12, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 0 Comments Features

‘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.

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young Wiley on the streets Eskiboy Wiley book review
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local News 

‘Eskiboy’ book review – Wiley, Bow’s godfather of grime

January 11, 2020January 10, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 0 Comments Features

The pages of Wiley’s autobiography, Eskiboy, crackles with an energy that is unique to the man dubbed ‘The godfather of

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Mercston at Cafe East Roman Road Bow East London
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Mercston: debut album and the camaraderie of Bow’s grime scene

December 9, 2019January 13, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 0 Comments Features

Mercston is preparing to drop a debut album 15 years in the making. He has been at the heart of

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Tanya Cracknell aka The Grime Violinist
Photograph by Vicky Chan
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local News 

The Grime Violinist – a one of a kind artist reimagining a genre

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 April Kosky 0 Comments Features

Meet Tanya Cracknell, AKA The Grime Violinist, the classically-trained musician best known for her violin covers of grime tracks.  Cracknell

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Dizzee Rascal with Wiley against the background of the three towers in Bow
Young Dizzee Rascal, left, and Wiley, right, grime legends from Bow
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Roman Road LDN teams up with Eastside youth centre to launch Mad About Grime programme

September 27, 2019October 1, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 0 Comments News

Roman Road LDN will be partnering up with Eastside Youth Centre to deliver the Mad About Grime programme, a six-week

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Margie Keefe aka the Grime Gran at her home in Bethnal Green
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local News 

Portrait: Margie Keefe, aka Grime Gran, nan to the grime scene

June 17, 2019September 1, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 1 Comment Features

Margie Keefe, 80, likes a bit of hustle and bustle, which is just as well given she’s the undisputed nan

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Book cover of 'Grime Kids' by DJ Target
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‘Grime Kids’ book review – the inside story of a creative revolution

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 0 Comments Reviews

The rise of grime music is a story best told from the inside. That’s the ethos that underpins Grime Kids,

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