Wiley is due to appear in court on September 13 Wiley has been charged with assault and burglary, police have confirmed. The rapper –  whose real name is Richard Kylea Cowie Jr – is alleged to have broken into the home of friend and kickboxer Ali Jacko in east London on 28 August. The 42-year-old, […]

4 years ago

The place gets some bad press Bradford was once voted the worst place to live in the UK. Now it has its own grime scene. Rapper Blazer Boccle showed us around the Holme Wood estate, just down the road from where he grew up. While London artists’ music videos might feature expensive cars and tower […]

6 years ago

Just like Robot Wars, this battle will be judged on Style, Control, Damage and Aggression Weird isn’t it, that the world is slowly teetering towards some kind of Donald Trump-led nuclear holocaust and yet we’re all more concerned with two Grime MCs very passively-aggressively sipping cups of tea and insulting each other’s mum. But hey, […]

6 years ago

Despite the mainstream success of many grime artists, prejudice against the genre is ‘stifling’ its progress, MPs have said in a report

7 years ago

The new song features Chip and Grim Sickers Revered music collective The Streets have today released new single “Call Me in the Morning”. A collaboration with UK rappers Chip and Grim Sickers, it’s a song that reeks of classic Streets material, with its off-kilter UK garage beats, clever lyricism and a voice entirely Mike Skinner’s own. Released […]

7 years ago

In partnership with Dr. Martens The footwear brand champion those who do things differently and stamp their own mark on culture in the process Dr. Martens have always kept their eye on the future music stars of tomorrow. Inviting us to a few dates on their recent Dr. Martens Presents tour, which consisted of eight shows, […]

7 years ago