Read an excerpt from Dan Hancox′s new book, Multitudes: How Crowds Made the Modern World

In this excerpt, Hancox explores the roots and evolution of one of the UK’s most beloved music events – Notting Hill Carnival.

Flowdan: From this point onwards

Flowdan is a giant in the U.K. underground. As part of Roll Deep, he steered the influential grime crew to murkier places. Alongside The Bug, he pushed dub and dancehall to its limits with his uncompromising flows. In February, he became the first ever British MC to win a Grammy for Rumble – the Skrillex-featuring hit that shook dancefloors as much as it did TikTok. Where does the east Londoner go from here?

Joy Orbison

A love letter to the reload

Dan Hancox pays tribute to the wheel up, an egalitarian and thrilling facet of sound system culture that recently spurred a Twitter outrage