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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.

It comes just hours after he received the first "black card" issued by Greggs

"The Godfather of grime is a real big PUSSY who gets into war, gets buried, ends up hating himself for trying it and then apologises"

More than 1,350 people have died from the illness in China

"Not much has changed."

He's bringing 'Hoodies All Summer' home for a good cause.

The two MCs dropped a short series of diss tracks targeting each other earlier this month

It comes after weeks of rows between the pair

A host of guest grime MCs are set to appear at the two events

Wiley and Stormzy kicked off 2020 with the most closely watched grime beef in ages. Wiley's "Eediyat Skengman" and Stormzy's "Disappointed" tracks have got fans reminiscing about the halcyon days of grime, when it was lyrical competition was fierce, provocative, and often over-the-line insulting.

The beef goes on