Enter grime, helmed by Wiley’s “Eskimo” and Youngstar’s “Pulse X,” two defining riddims from 2002, who showcased the genre’s breadth even in its nascent period; the former a playful ...

“Grime Stories: From the Corner to the Mainstream” at the Museum of London highlights the 20-year-old history and far-reaching impact of the British rap genre.

With grime one of the most popular genres of music at the moment, we give those not familiar a full run-down of the style and artists. With Stormzy's Brit win, grime has firmly reached the mainstream ...

Grime went from strength to strength in 2017, with major releases and achievements from artists including Stormzy, Skepta, and Wiley helping to push the genre ever closer to the mainstream.

If last year grime was on the rise, 2016 is the genre’s coming of age. As official proof, iTunes last week finally created a category for urban music’s hottest genre.

★★★☆☆ “Hoodies All Summer” by London grime artist Kano is unified by its sparse, unconventional production and thoughtful lyricism. Instead of danceable rhythms and blustery lyrics, the grime legend ...

Spotify has officially created a Grime genre category. By Nerisha Penrose Grime started off as an under-the-radar movement birthed back in 2002 in the U.K. but has since grown exponentially over ...

All you need to become a grime MC are lyrical skills and the courage to perform. There are no financial barriers to entry. And at a time when the public school-educated pop star seems more common than ...

The British musical icon released the project, a grime-first body of work, on Friday (April 18) under his independent label Cash Motto, marking a return to the genre that made him a household name.

Over the past 12 months, grime – arguably the most exciting homegrown genre of this century – has experienced a massive resurgence. From Kanye West performing with a host of British MCs at the ...

RL Grime gained mainstream recognition through his collaboration with What So Not -- the duo comprised of Flume and Emoh Instead -- on the club banger “Tell Me” (2014), and his music found a home on ...

Grime Is Now An Officially Recognised Genre On Spotify No longer will you be forced to rely on the somewhat hit-and-miss 'similar artists' function. Complex. January 5, 2018. Share. None.