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Stormzy has become the first signing of the newly-launched UK division of Def Jam records, 0207.It sees the rapper exit his deal with Atlantic Records for his #Merky label, which he signed back in 2018.As previously announced, 0207 will be helmed by brothers Alec and Alex Boateng as co-Presidents, in association with the Universal Music Group.Alec, who worked as Stormzy’s A&R in his time at Atlantic, said in a statement: “Music, art and artists really, really matter.

Dizzee Rascal has shared a video for his new single ‘Body Loose’ featuring Ella Eyre – you can watch it below.Taken from his new album, ‘E3 AF’, the Splurgeboys-produced anthem samples garage classic ‘Body Groove’ which was put out in 2000 by Architechs and singer Nana.The track’s chorus hears the grime legend rap: “Get your body loose/ I might just tip a little juice/ I might just call up my masseuse/ Get loose, get loose/ I gave the whip a little spruce/ Come like I got the golden goose/ I

Dizzee Rascal is the latest star to become a personal navigator on popular GPS app Waze.The Google-owned navigation app is using the voice of the ‘Boy In Da Corner’ rapper until the end of the month in support of his new album ‘E3 AF’.After users activate Dizzee’s voice in the app’s settings, he’ll advise them to “fix up, look sharp” for police on the roads, as well as giving them a heads up on any “bonkers” traffic jams.Dizzee joins a long list of celebrities who have lent their voice to Waze,

Stormzy during his Glastonbury performance is up for a major design award.The Banksy-designed vest has been nominated for the Beazley Designs of the Year prize and the winner will be announced by London’s Design Museum next month.

For a style of music born on pirate radio, grime has its fair share of iconic visual moments too. South London MC Yizzy pays tribute to this fact in his "Grime" video.

Stormzy and Chip beef using his posh MC character Unknown P.Earlier this week, Chip took aim at Stormzy on a pair of new tracks – ‘Killer MC’ and ‘Flowers’ – where he highlighted an alleged incident that involving Stormzy showing up to his home unannounced following a feud between them.While Stormzy has not yet responded to Chip’s diss records, Chawawa’s Unknown P has – and it’s caught the attention of some pretty big stars.The internet comedian, known for his viral parodies of rappers, chefs

Kidulthood star Femi Oyeniran is making his directorial debut alongside Nicky “Slimting” Walker with Against All Odds, the first-ever grime movie – check out the trailer below.The filmmakers are working alongside Link Up TV to relaunch grime TV station Channel U, which closed in 2018.

a 2016 documentary about the emerging genre.A follow-up documentary was then released a year later, which focused largely on a beef between Blackpool grime MCs Soph Aspin and MC Millie B, the latter of which recorded a diss track called ‘Soph Aspin Send’, also known as ‘M To The B’.A new video on TikTok has now gone viral, collecting over 32 million likes and becoming the most popular video on the entire site.The video sees 19-year-old Bella Poarch from Hawaii reacting to ‘Soph Aspin Send’ while

GRM Daily‘s 2020 Rated Awards have been announced.J Hus won album of the year for his second album, ‘Big Conspiracy’, while Stefflon Don picked up the gong for female artist of the year.Tion Wayne, Dutchavelli and Stormzy won the best track award for their collaboration, ‘I Dunno‘, and Dizzee Rascal was honoured with the Legacy Award for changing the face of British music, following MC D Double E who won in 2018.Aitch and AJ Tracey won the best video award for ‘Rain‘, while JAE5 took home the

Together We Rise: The Uncompromised Story of GRM Daily has just been released – check it out below.The four-part documentary series, set to launch at the end of September, follows the rise of online music platform GRM Daily and its founder Koby ‘Posty’ Hagan.GRM Daily, founded in 2009 as Grime Daily, is a global platform specialising in UK rap across a number of genres including drill, grime, UK garage, Afroswing, trap and British hip-hop.At the time of writing, GRM Daily has 3.21 million

Headie One has been a hotly tipped grime MC in the UK for a minute, but his profile got a huge boost this month when he teamed up with Drake for "Only One Freestyle." He's keeping the momentum going with "Ain't It Different," a new song featuring AJ Tracey and Stormzy, the last English rapper to find a big audience stateside. The video, Taz Tron Delix, is all about flexing in blue-tinted light.

DJ mixes have long had a tenuous relationship with streaming services due to royalty and copyright issues that made it almost impossible for all parties involved to receive compensation from them. Now, Boiler Room has partnered with Apple Music to add their catalog of DJ mixes and live performances to the platform.

Stormzy has rescheduled his UK and Ireland tour for 2021. Check out the new dates below.The grime musician’s ‘Heavy is the Head Tour’ was postponed earlier this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Now, all the dates will take place in April 2021.The tour will begin in Dublin before heading to Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Sheffield and Liverpool.

The Story Of Tracy Beaker, will now play a grown-up version of the character in new BBC iPlayer series My Mum Tracy Beaker.The role will see Beaker raising her own daughter, Jess.Harmer told The Evening Standard: “I cannot wait to return (again) to the role of Tracy! I’m just like a fan myself and want to know what happens next and where this next journey will take her.“I absolutely adore playing the character and I’m looking forward to taking on the challenge of portraying her as a first time

Toronto has a long-standing cultural connection to London, particularly through the grime and drill scenes, and those links are crystal clear on Ontario collective No Tourists' new single, "Dumbo." The seven-piece — Keynes Woods and Garcons frontman Deelo Avery, James Wesson, and Kafayé, Lan’do as well as producers universes and Abdullah — have brought together hip-hop, grime, R&B, house music, dancehall, jazz, and funk on past releases, including last year's Snow Tourists, but in a statement to

Wiley has been permanently banned from Twitter after he launched an extensive thread of anti-Semitic messages on the social media site.The London rapper faced widespread condemnation after posting the vitriolic messages across Instagram and Twitter last weekend.Twitter announced on Saturday (July 25) that Wiley had been banned from the site for a week, but his account appears to have been permanently suspended as of this morning (July 29).When searching for his profile, users are met with a

Wiley has been banned from Facebook after an account reportedly belonging to the rapper began calling out some of his Jewish critics.The move comes after the godfather of grime posted a series of antisemitic comments to his social media accounts.An unverified Facebook account under his real name, Richard Kylea Cowie, subsequently mentioned a selection of Jewish celebrities – including Lord Sugar, comedian David Baddiel and BBC presenter Emma Barnett – who all criticised the musician.“Emma

face coverings in England would be mandatory in enclosed public spaces from July 24, including supermarkets, indoor shopping centres, transport hubs, banks and post offices.

Wiley has been dropped by his management company after posting a series of antisemitic comments on Twitter.His manager, John Woolf, said A-List Management had now “cut all ties” with the grime artist after a series of antisemitic social media posts were made on accounts belonging to the musician yesterday (July 24).One of the posts came from an unverified Twitter account in Wiley’s name but was later confirmed as belonging to the musician by Woolf to PA Media News.Yesterday (July 24), Woolf said

Stormzy‘s recent £10 million donation to fight racial inequality in the UK.Last month, the rapper announced the cash injection over 10 years to “organisations, charities and movements that are committed to fighting racial inequality, justice reform and Black empowerment within the UK”.He added that, despite the 10-year time frame , this action will form part of a “lifetime commitment” to supporting these causes, both financially and otherwise.Now, the BBC charity has announced it will donate the

Wiley has announced a series of special drive-in gigs across the UK this summer.The gigs come in support of the rapper’s surprise new album ‘Boasty Gang’, which he dropped without warning last week to mark Windrush Day in the UK.Wiley will play seven shows across the UK in early August, beginning on the 2nd at the University of Bolton Stadium, before heading to Leeds, Bristol and Liverpool, before playing two nights (August 6/7) in London at Colesdale Farm and ending at the National Bowl in

Stormzy‘s #Merky Books novels has won a £10,000 book award.Derek Owusu’s That Reminds Me follows the life of a boy called K from foster care into moving in with his birth family in Tottenham.The story mirrors that of the author’s, who grew up in foster care in Suffolk before moving in with his biological family in North London, and was later diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.It has won the Desmond Elliott Prize, which is given to the year’s best debut novel in the UK and

Wiley has surprise-released another new album – listen to ‘Boasty Gang – The Album’ below.It comes after the grime star released his ‘The Godfather 3’ album earlier this month, which he called his “final” album.Released with no warning, and simply a link to stream the album sent in a tweet, ‘Boasty Gang – The Album’ features 19 tracks and clocks in at nearly an hour long.Wiley then shared another link to the album, labelling it “WindRush Music” as the UK celebrates Windrush Day today (June 22),

Frisco has released an emotive new protest song, ‘Black Man’ – you can listen to the song below.The song, which explores race inequalities and the recent death of George Floyd while in police custody, was released today (June 19).

Stormzy has issued a statement of intent in the continued fight against racial inequality via his label #Merky.The statement comes as the conversation around racism, white privilege, police reform and inequality grows in the wake of widespread Black Lives Matter protests around the world.The grime star has pledged to donate £10 million over 10 years to “organisations, charities and movements that are committed to fighting racial inequality, justice reform and Black empowerment within the UK”.

Wiley has revealed that his recent beef with Stormzy has been settled but that he still takes issue with “England’s golden boy” Ed Sheeran.The grime MC released ‘Godfather III’ today, which is intended to be his final album as a solo artist.Earlier this year, Wiley clashed with Stormzy over what the former claimed was the co-opting of grime by Sheeran, with whom Stormzy had collaborated with on the 2019 Number One single ‘Take Me Back To London’.Now, in an interview with The Guardian, the

The track is also available on streaming platforms for the first time

Baba Crunch and Hak Baker haven't featured on a track together since 2006, when Bomb Squad released their early grime hit "B.O.M.B." Now they're back together on "Lucky Life," a slow-burning Kelly Portis-produced single about the ups and downs of growing up on the Isle of Dogs in East London. The single was released last week, and today they're premiering the song's video, directed by Will Robson-Scott.

Including some brand new music from the rapper

It's inspired by the 1995 Pacino and De Niro-starring film of the same name

The beginning of the week came with the announcement of a surprise album titled Insomnia from U.K. rappers Skepta, Chip, and Young Adz.

Last week, British superstar rapper J Hus began rolling out a campaign for a new apparel line called The Ugliest — a play on his personal IG handle, @theuglygram. On its website, the line's new collection includes tees, track pants, and bubble trench coats. When the line was announced, a two minute-long promotional video, which featured a medley of songs from Hus's sophomore album, Big Conspiracy, was uploaded to a YouTube channel titled Spangers Tele.

"What do you call it when a triple OG, a double OG & a Young OG make a album?"

A$AP Ferg and more feature in the track's new video

Andy Anokye, the grime artist known as Solo 45, was convicted at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday of raping four women and holding them against their will, The Independent reports.