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Skepta has shared the first track from his upcoming new EP, ‘All In’ – watch the video for ‘Nirvana’ below.The Spanish-infused single, which features Latin pop superstar J Balvin, is taken from the grime icon’s recently announced five-track project, set to arrive tomorrow (July 30).

Dizzee Rascal has shared his thoughts on why he thinks he hasn’t ever headlined Glastonbury.Speaking in a new interview, Dizzee, who has played Glastonbury several times but has never headlined, talked about never topping the bill at Worthy Farm and how there was one year in particular that he feels he should have been asked to do it.“I should have headlined Glastonbury,” the ‘Boy In Da Corner’ rapper told Chuckie Online on the JD In The Duffle Bag Podcast.

Stormzy and Dave rallied behind the England football team last night, sharing a pre-match hype video before the national squad’s semi-final win over Denmark.The pair linked up to shoot a video, in which they discuss England’s past disappointments, and shine a light on the newfound belief that exists in the current squad.“Let’s see some belief,” Dave says at one point, after which Stormzy adds: “Let’s see some confidence.”Former England player Ian Wright joins the pair at the end of the clip,

Big Zuu has released a new single today (June 2) – listen to ‘The Advert (My Family)’ below.Unveiling the song on social media, Big Zuu wrote: “Created by me, my brothers, sisters and Mum.“Young black boy from the council flat story that evolved into different avenues in entertainment being delivered by My Family.

AJ Tracey has opened up about grime in a new interview.Speaking to The Guardian, rapper Tracey said he’s unlikely to ever return to the genre unless he was asked to do so by grime veterans such as P Money or D Double E.Reflecting on his grime roots, Tracey said: “It was a long time ago,” before adding: “Grime is not really lit any more.

Ghetts has announced an upcoming livestream show that will see him perform his new album ‘Conflict Of Interest’ in “stride cinematic fashion”.Set to take place on Sunday (April 11) at 8pm, Conflict Of Interest, Live In London will be broadcast live from Magazine in Greenwich.Directed by Charlie Sarsfield (Stormzy, Avelino, Sam Fender) with additional live animation from Ruff Mercy, the virtual gig will give fans their first live taste of Ghetts’ critically acclaimed third studio album.“Levels

Grime Kids by DJ Target.The show, a six-part original series, will focus on the emergence of grime in the early 2000s and is set to air on the network in 2022.Radio 1Xtra host DJ Target, who wrote the book in 2018, shared the news on Instagram, calling the announcement “nuts”.“I wrote this book to celebrate and document the journey of UK music over the last 20 plus years.

D Double E.Produced by Joker and Sir Spyro, the single arrives with a music video showing the pair riding bikes around London.In a statement discussing the new track, Zuu said: “I’m gassed to be releasing a tune with D Double E. He’s a legend in the game and doing a tune with him has always been an ambition of mine.“I think ‘Variation’ will be loved by all the core grime heads but also fans of other genres can enjoy it because of how catchy the chorus is.

Skepta has hinted that he might be retiring after the release of one more song.Following the release of his collaboration with Jae5 and Rema on the new song ‘Dimension’, Skepta took to social media to reveal that he’s stopped recording and any verses heard from here on out were recorded last year.“This Jae5 song/video featuring Rema and myself was recorded and shot last year in Ghana,” Skepta revealed in an Instagram Story.

Yaw Tog, the breakout star of Ghana's rising Asakaa drill scene, has joined forces with Stormzy and Kewsi Arthur for a remix of his song "Sore." Check out the video for the "Sore" remix above. "Sore" was first released in 2020 and became the first Ghanaian drill video to pass the 1M view count.

slowthai has released “CANCELLED”, a new collaboration with Skepta taken from his forthcoming sophomore record TYRON.

Over the past few months grime MC Ghetts has shared a series of singles that have hinted at a career-defining album was in the pipeline. First up was "Mozambique" followed by collaborations with two of the biggest names in grime: Skepta ("IC3") and Stormzy ("Skengman").

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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