Grime is going through a bit of a make-or-break period right now. Most of the better MCs have long given up trying to be grimey and are now doing pop songs with 80s revivalists and covering the Ting Tings (Dizzee) or taking their shirts off in videos and wearing chains and diamonds so fake they look like the ones that kids wear for a joke at fancy dress parties (Tinchy). Let’s not even mention aspiring kids’ TV presenter Skepta and his new best mate Timmy Mallett.
So thank God for a new breed of young grime artists coming along like sportswear-adorned John Connors to save the post-apocalyptic grime scene from dodgy electro beats, embarrassing dance routines and Jo Whiley’s Radio 1 show.
GRIMINAL
Age: 17
From: Greengate, east London
GCSEs: “Passed all of them” What made you want to become a grime MC? What was your favourite subject in school?
CHIPMUNK
Age: 17
From: Tottenham, north London
GCSEs: 5 As and 4 Bs When did you start MCing? When you started MCing at 14, who did you want to be like?
MANIAC
Age: 18
From: Bow, east London
GCSEs: 7 A-Cs How did you get your break?
ICE KID
Age: 17
From: Shepherd’s Bush, west London
GCSEs: None Are you still in school? What were your favourite subjects at school?
So thank God for a new breed of young grime artists coming along like sportswear-adorned John Connors to save the post-apocalyptic grime scene from dodgy electro beats, embarrassing dance routines and Jo Whiley’s Radio 1 show.
GRIMINAL
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From: Greengate, east London
GCSEs: “Passed all of them” What made you want to become a grime MC? What was your favourite subject in school?
CHIPMUNK Age: 17
From: Tottenham, north London
GCSEs: 5 As and 4 Bs When did you start MCing? When you started MCing at 14, who did you want to be like?
MANIACAge: 18
From: Bow, east London
GCSEs: 7 A-Cs How did you get your break?
ICE KIDAge: 17
From: Shepherd’s Bush, west London
GCSEs: None Are you still in school? What were your favourite subjects at school?
