Dan Hancox
Dan Hancox is a freelance journalist, focusing on music, politics, cities and culture
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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Grime artist says institution ‘did not want to get involved’ in funding offer for black students
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This fascinating and ambitious insight into one of the defining records – and hip-hop groups – of the 90s goes way beyond mere album biography
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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?
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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
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A plan to ‘regenerate’ Elephant and Castle’s shopping centre risks making the multicultural south London community like everywhere else, say traders
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Rap crew 1011 need to tell the authorities when they have made new music. But can censoring artistic expression reduce youth violence?
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The west London MC reflects on Grenfell a year on, Jeremy Corbyn and grime’s resurgence
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Dead Precedents by Roy Christopher review: how hip-hop and cyberpunk hijacked culture