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Grime kids : the inside story of the global grime takeover / by DJ Target.

By: DJ Target [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Trapeze, 2019Description: 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781409179535 (pbk.) :Subject(s): DJ Target -- Friends and associates | Wiley (Musician) | Dizzee Rascal | Rap musicians -- Great Britain | Rap (Music) -- Great Britain -- History and criticism | Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Music | MusicDDC classification: 782.4'21649'0922 Summary: An explosive insider account of grime, from subculture to international phenomenon. A group of kids in the 90s had a dream to make their voice heard - and this book documents their seminal impact on today's pop culture. DJ Target grew up in Bow under the shadow of Canary Wharf, with money looming close on the skyline. The 'Godfather of Grime' Wiley and Dizzee Rascal first met each other in his bedroom. They were all just grime kids on the block back then, and didn't realise they were to become pioneers of an international music revolution. A movement that permeates deep into British culture and beyond.
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Originally published: 2018.

An explosive insider account of grime, from subculture to international phenomenon. A group of kids in the 90s had a dream to make their voice heard - and this book documents their seminal impact on today's pop culture. DJ Target grew up in Bow under the shadow of Canary Wharf, with money looming close on the skyline. The 'Godfather of Grime' Wiley and Dizzee Rascal first met each other in his bedroom. They were all just grime kids on the block back then, and didn't realise they were to become pioneers of an international music revolution. A movement that permeates deep into British culture and beyond.

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