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Number of London youth clubs nearly halved since 2011 riots, report finds

Published: 22 Mar 2019

Skengdo and AM: the drill rappers sentenced for playing their song

Already banned from one postcode, the duo received a prison sentence for performing Attempted 1.0 – making British legal history. ‘We’re being criminalised for making music’, they say

Published: 31 Jan 2019
The next 15 megacities 'Security has deteriorated': young Londoners pay price as city expands

The next 15 megacities #4: As the city’s population nears 10 million and its murder rate reaches its highest in a decade, are media and police missing the real causes of the violence?

Published: 14 Jan 2019

4 out of 5 stars.

Skengdo x AM review – UK drill duo bring harsh reality to the moshpit
4 out of 5 stars.

Two of the biggest stars of the demonised drill scene tease out the sound’s hedonistic side while paying tribute to fallen peers

Published: 11 Dec 2018

Stormzy’s co-author Jude Yawson: ‘This is about offering a different perspective’

The first title from Stormzy’s publishing venture #Merky Books has thrust its co-author into the spotlight. He talks about the hurdles he overcame to get here

Published: 11 Nov 2018
Stormzy: Oxford University turned down my scholarship offer

Grime artist says institution ‘did not want to get involved’ in funding offer for black students

Published: 8 Nov 2018

Book of the day Chamber Music: About the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces) by Will Ashon – review

This fascinating and ambitious insight into one of the defining records – and hip-hop groups – of the 90s goes way beyond mere album biography

Published: 28 Oct 2018

D Double E, grime's nearly man: 'I haven’t been able to prove myself'

Skepta hailed him the ‘greatest grime MC of all time’ but Darren Dixon has struggled to break into the mainstream – can his solo debut album change that?

Published: 10 Sep 2018

Books interview Guy Gunaratne: ‘I read writers who make me feel brave’

The London-born novelist talks about evoking the rhythm of the city, being longlisted for the Booker prize, and why Foyles means so much to his dad

Published: 25 Aug 2018

Save the Elephant: the fight to protect south London's 'anti-Westfield'

A plan to ‘regenerate’ Elephant and Castle’s shopping centre risks making the multicultural south London community like everywhere else, say traders

Published: 3 Jul 2018

The war against rap: censoring drill may seem radical but it's not new

Rap crew 1011 need to tell the authorities when they have made new music. But can censoring artistic expression reduce youth violence?

Published: 22 Jun 2018

The New Review Q&A Grime MC Big Zuu: ‘The people’s response to Grenfell was way better than the government’s’

The west London MC reflects on Grenfell a year on, Jeremy Corbyn and grime’s resurgence

Published: 27 May 2018

The unstoppable rise of veganism: how a fringe movement went mainstream

Health, climate change, animal welfare... what’s driving more people and brands to embrace a plant-based lifestyle? We investigate, and, below, four vegans explain their choice

Published: 1 Apr 2018

4 out of 5 stars.

Davido review – Nigerian pop superstar feels the love
4 out of 5 stars.

After a string of hits in 2017, fans are giddy throughout the crossover star’s biggest London date, despite a momentum-stalling interval

Published: 19 Feb 2018

5 out of 5 stars.

Dave review – London's most emotionally intelligent teenager
5 out of 5 stars.

The 19-year-old rapper from Streatham weaves politics and interpersonal struggle in between his bangers – and carries his young audience with him

Published: 4 Dec 2017

Big up Tooting Bec! How Southside Allstars became grime's social network

With its hordes of MCs representing unglamorous corners of south London, the all-star track helped grime take off in a pre-social media era – and now its collaborative chaos is coming back

Published: 26 Sep 2017

4 out of 5 stars.

BBK Takeover review – grandmasters of grime revel in a rapturous homecoming
4 out of 5 stars.

The Boy Better Know collective laid on roller discos, video games and a megastar guest over a gloriously silly day that bore out grime’s staggering ascendancy

Published: 28 Aug 2017

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