There’s no doubt that grime music has firmly hit the mainstream, as Stormzy walked away with the Brit Award for best male last night.
Drake is signed to Skepta’s label Boy Better Know, and the British Phonographic Industry reported that grime sales had risen over 100% in the past year, proving that it’s certainly not a niche genre.
Grime originally came about in London in the early noughties.
It emerged from other styles including garage, jungle, and hip hop.
Some specific features of grime, however, include a rapid breakbeat of around 130bpm, rapping, and an electronic sound in places,… Read the full story