Kano – Made In the Manor
‘Made in the Manor’ is one of the first major full-lengths of grime 2.0; except, it’s not really grime
GAIKA announces new mixtape, world tour
GAIKA’s next mixtape SECURITY will be released on Mixpak “SECURITY is the anthropology of `burner…
Novelist drops heavy new instrumental Casper Riddim
Taking a break from rinsing David Cameron via YouTube, Nov returns with an aggressive new…
Watch JME show off his shiny Charizard collection
The excitable grime MC waxes lyrical on Pokémon cards in a new video for the…
Wiley announces new album
Godfather is dropping on 2 September Grime powerhouse Wiley took to Twitter this morning to…
Skepta announced as ‘Cultural Ambassador’ for Uniqlo
Clothing brand Uniqlo has revealed Skepta as one of six new cultural ambassadors As it…
Drake signs to grime label and collective Boy Better Know
After a surprise performance in London with Skepta and Section Boyz, the rapper announced the…
Big Narstie criticises lack of diversity at Brits
The organisers of the Brit Awards, which will take place tonight, have come under fire for the ceremony’s vastly white nominees
Skepta unveils Nike collaboration
Skepta posted the first pictures of his new Nike collaboration on Instagram earlier today Grime…
Watch footage from Novelist’s 19th birthday set
Risky Roadz cyphers return with footage from the grime party of the year Earlier this…
Skepta to headline Berghain this April
The world-conquering Shutdown don will be taking over the techno fortress this Spring One of the…
Perspective:
London to Tokyo
In this month’s perspective Butterz founder and prolific grime DJ Elijah reflects on the connection between London and Tokyo and what that suggests for the genre’s culture
Listen to Novelist’s Self-Produced Break In Your House Freestyle
The former Crack cover star dropped his latest track on SoundCloud on Saturday night Novelist…
100 more artists announced for The Great Escape
Chastity Belt, Muncie Girls, Lady LeShurr, Logan Sama and D Double E are amongst the…
6 New Videos You Need To See
Each week we round-up the best (and worst) new music videos out there
London rapper GAIKA shares new visuals
Brixton artist GAIKA has unveiled a video for his new track Bohdy Knows at 90,…
Radar Radio are broadcasting a Novelist birthday set tonight
Today is Novelist’s 19th birthday, and to celebrate, London’s Radar Radio are broadcasting a set…
Slimzee
Slimzee flits through a rapidly-mixed selection of sinister dubs and frosty instrumentals to devastating effect
Plastician to play ten year old Skepta and Plasticman set on Rinse tonight
Tune in to hear a throwback set featuring unreleased dubs from Coki, Skream, Joker, Mr Virgo, Skepta…
20 Questions:
Lady Leshurr
The First Lady of grime weighs in on our twenty questions, talking YouTube comments, Danny DeVito and where she was when found a slug in her sink
Stormzy is gunning for Christmas number 1
Big Mike has launched a campaign to make Shut Up number 1 this Christmas Another…
Miss Red drops NSFW Murder video
Miss Red has dropped her new music video for Murder On Friday Berlin-based Israeli MC…
Stormzy drops video for Beats 1-premiered new track
The video for Standard features Stormzy and Flipz going mad in a carpark wearing matching…
Stormzy’s new Beats 1 show will be called #MERKY
Cadbury Heath’s finest has bagged himself a weekly Friday night slot on the Apple radio…
Kode9:
Nothing is empty
The Hyperdub boss and sonic expert tells Tom Watson why he’s leaving his double life behind
In the Endz:
5 classic grime videos
Tomas Fraser selects five videos that prove grime is as gritty as ever
Craig David and Big Narstie have shared a new tune
Craig David first met Big Narstie on Mistajam’s Radio One show Let’s be honest, we’ve…
Novelist:
Next Generation
The young Lewisham MC is an unofficial mouthpiece for disenfranchised youth. Tomas Fraser looks towards a legacy with grime’s hardest working newcomer
Watch Wiley talk to pupils from his old school
Wiley has received the MOBOs’ new Paving The Way award The MOBO awards have presented…
Zomby – Let’s Jam EPs
Zomby has delivered a disparate two parter via XL, exploring dangerously familiar and curiously contrary territory across its two parts