British rapper Skepta has a message for Africans
- Thread starter Bonk
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Hail the victors
True, I don't think any of them really do grime like that anymore. I hear them just say they were grime artists or how they started grime.Dying breed or dead breed?
Grime is DEAD.
At least it metamorphosed into drill since both are the same bpm.
RaspberryFitted
Boyz In Motion Member
that’s the entire point of his post
This skepta 
?? Nah he weren't proudly repping nothing nigerian
?? Nah he weren't proudly repping nothing nigerian
Record labels killed grime cos they never pushed it & when they did a bit, they only signed one person at a time & later turned them into pop artists.
Dizzee Rascal is the only one that went mainstream with grime & sold a platinum album. And after that he went pop. All the tunes Wiley made money off were pop tunes. Ditto Kano, Tinchy Stryder, Tinie Tempah & even Stormzy.
I thought Stormzy would revive it when he did “Shut up” but he went pop as well.
Can’t blame the artists - cash rules everything & people will always do whatever brings the most money tbh
This skepta
(There was Nigerian flag on the TV screen at the beginning of the video & he spoke Yoruba at the end of the 2nd verse)
And
(The black Nigerian always ready is part of the chorus).
I’m a big Big Skeppy fan from day & I can list countless tunes from back in the day, lol. Even in all the big Roll Deep mainstream pop tunes, he makes he screams “Joseph Jr Adenuga”.
Dying breed or dead breed?
Grime is DEAD.
At least it metamorphosed into drill since both are the same bpm.
I'm still waiting on that new Tempz breh
Burned Verses
Superstar
So he was c00nin but he wasn’t? This don’t make sense.
Voice of Reason
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Dying breed or dead breed?
Grime is DEAD.
At least it metamorphosed into drill since both are the same bpm.
cornbread
UpAndComing
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It’s calm - I didn’t take it to heart. No hard feelings.
Things have changed now (at least in London). Nigerians own most of the popping black spaces & events. And Afrobeats is the most popular genre of music in London now. So it’s supercool to be African in London now.
UpAndComing
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Man that sounds awesome. I visited London once, I got family over there. So there's alot of Africans that own small businesses and storefronts there?
Too many SMEs but mostly Nigerian owned. Ghanaians are also up & some Somalis in areas they have sizeable population.
But Nigerians are a different gravy & Nigerian businesses are everywhere in all parts of London even in Knightsbridge & very affluent areas.
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