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

Album Review: E3 AF by Dizzee Rascal

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Citizen Journalist 1174 Views 0 Comments News 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

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

March 6, 2020March 7, 2020 Frederick O'Brien 17600 Views 0 Comments Features 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.

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

February 21, 2020March 12, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 13027 Views 0 Comments Features 5 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.

young Wiley on the streets Eskiboy Wiley book review

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

January 11, 2020January 10, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 28829 Views 0 Comments Features 2 min read

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

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, 2019December 11, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 4952 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

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

Photograph by Vicky Chan

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

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 April Kosky 42829 Views 0 Comments Features 2 min read

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

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 34630 Views 0 Comments News 0 min read

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

Margie Keefe aka the Grime Gran at her home in Bethnal Green

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

June 17, 2019September 1, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 64199 Views 0 Comments Features 7 min read

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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‘Grime Kids’ book review – the inside story of a creative revolution

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 54940 Views 0 Comments Reviews 3 min read

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

Outside Rhythm Division record shop in Bow

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Rhythm Division – the (140 bpm) heart of grime

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 67081 Views 2 Comments Features 6 min read

Ask anyone in the grime scene about Rhythm Division and odds are you’ll get an outpouring of beloved memories. During

Wiley and Dizze, two grime artists, on a wall in front of three blocks of flats in East London, black and white photography

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Dan Hancox reveals the true story of grime

July 27, 2018January 18, 2019 April Kosky 1905 Views 0 Comments Reviews 1 min read

Dan Hancox, author of Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime, tells the rise of a hyper-local East London sound