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GRM Daily‘s 2020 Rated Awards have been announced.J Hus won album of the year for his second album, ‘Big Conspiracy’, while Stefflon Don picked up the gong for female artist of the year.Tion Wayne, Dutchavelli and Stormzy won the best track award for their collaboration, ‘I Dunno‘, and Dizzee Rascal was honoured with the Legacy Award for changing the face of British music, following MC D Double E who won in 2018.Aitch and AJ Tracey won the best video award for ‘Rain‘, while JAE5 took home the award for producer of the year. See the full list of winners below.BBC News notes that Stefflon Don was the only female musician to pick up an award.

Together We Rise: The Uncompromised Story of GRM Daily has just been released – check it out below.The four-part documentary series, set to launch at the end of September, follows the rise of online music platform GRM Daily and its founder Koby ‘Posty’ Hagan.GRM Daily, founded in 2009 as Grime Daily, is a global platform specialising in UK rap across a number of genres including drill, grime, UK garage, Afroswing, trap and British hip-hop.At the time of writing, GRM Daily has 3.21 million subscribers on YouTube and 1.7 million followers on Instagram.You can watch the full trailer exclusively above.The series is set to map Posty’s journey in working with a new generation to build the network, describing the founder’s story as “not only a

Headie One has been a hotly tipped grime MC in the UK for a minute, but his profile got a huge boost this month when he teamed up with Drake for "Only One Freestyle." He's keeping the momentum going with "Ain't It Different," a new song featuring AJ Tracey and Stormzy, the last English rapper to find a big audience stateside. The video, Taz Tron Delix, is all about flexing in blue-tinted light.

DJ mixes have long had a tenuous relationship with streaming services due to royalty and copyright issues that made it almost impossible for all parties involved to receive compensation from them. Now, Boiler Room has partnered with Apple Music to add their catalog of DJ mixes and live performances to the platform.

Stormzy has rescheduled his UK and Ireland tour for 2021. Check out the new dates below.The grime musician’s ‘Heavy is the Head Tour’ was postponed earlier this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Now, all the dates will take place in April 2021.The tour will begin in Dublin before heading to Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Sheffield and Liverpool.

The Story Of Tracy Beaker, will now play a grown-up version of the character in new BBC iPlayer series My Mum Tracy Beaker.The role will see Beaker raising her own daughter, Jess.Harmer told The Evening Standard: “I cannot wait to return (again) to the role of Tracy! I’m just like a fan myself and want to know what happens next and where this next journey will take her.“I absolutely adore playing the character and I’m looking forward to taking on the challenge of portraying her as a first time mum.“Being a mother myself I know how much it changes you so I’m looking forward to seeing how it’s changed Tracy but still keeping her the same feisty strong female lead that people know and love.”The new series is based on author Jacqueline Wilson’s

Toronto has a long-standing cultural connection to London, particularly through the grime and drill scenes, and those links are crystal clear on Ontario collective No Tourists' new single, "Dumbo." The seven-piece — Keynes Woods and Garcons frontman Deelo Avery, James Wesson, and Kafayé, Lan’do as well as producers universes and Abdullah — have brought together hip-hop, grime, R&B, house music, dancehall, jazz, and funk on past releases, including last year's Snow Tourists, but in a statement to The FADER the group acknowledged that they were focused on Britain for their latest single. "The song was heavily inspired by our love and respect for UK drill and grime music," the group said of the universes and geezr-produced track.

Wiley has been permanently banned from Twitter after he launched an extensive thread of anti-Semitic messages on the social media site.The London rapper faced widespread condemnation after posting the vitriolic messages across Instagram and Twitter last weekend.Twitter announced on Saturday (July 25) that Wiley had been banned from the site for a week, but his account appears to have been permanently suspended as of this morning (July 29).When searching for his profile, users are met with a message confirming his suspension and a link to Twitter’s rules and regulations.It comes a day after Wiley was banned from Facebook after an account reportedly belonging to the rapper began calling out some of his Jewish critics.An unverified Facebook

Wiley has been banned from Facebook after an account reportedly belonging to the rapper began calling out some of his Jewish critics.The move comes after the godfather of grime posted a series of antisemitic comments to his social media accounts.An unverified Facebook account under his real name, Richard Kylea Cowie, subsequently mentioned a selection of Jewish celebrities – including Lord Sugar, comedian David Baddiel and BBC presenter Emma Barnett – who all criticised the musician.“Emma Barnett get me on your show,” one post from the account said.Another read: “David Baddiel come and talk to me to my face..Let’s talk.”As PA Media reports, another message is said to have mentioned Golders Green – an area of north London with a large Jewish

face coverings in England would be mandatory in enclosed public spaces from July 24, including supermarkets, indoor shopping centres, transport hubs, banks and post offices. Those who break the rules could face a fine of up to £100.Doing his bit to remind people of the new rules, Chawawa, who has shared a number of comedy clips during the coronavirus lockdown, has put together a public service announcement that sees him parodying the JME and Giggs track ‘Man Don’t Care’.“I got a black face mask but I don’t sneeze/ But I wear one in case a policeman sees,” he begins, rapping as JM(PP)E.

Wiley has been dropped by his management company after posting a series of antisemitic comments on Twitter.His manager, John Woolf, said A-List Management had now “cut all ties” with the grime artist after a series of antisemitic social media posts were made on accounts belonging to the musician yesterday (July 24).One of the posts came from an unverified Twitter account in Wiley’s name but was later confirmed as belonging to the musician by Woolf to PA Media News.Yesterday (July 24), Woolf said that while he did not support or condone Wiley’s comments, he would “help educate him” privately.However, writing on Twitter this morning (July 25), Woolf said: “Following Wiley’s antisemitic tweets today we at A-ListMGMT have cut all ties with him.

Stormzy‘s recent £10 million donation to fight racial inequality in the UK.Last month, the rapper announced the cash injection over 10 years to “organisations, charities and movements that are committed to fighting racial inequality, justice reform and Black empowerment within the UK”.He added that, despite the 10-year time frame , this action will form part of a “lifetime commitment” to supporting these causes, both financially and otherwise.Now, the BBC charity has announced it will donate the same amount of money over the same time frame and work with Radio 1Xtra to develop young black talent in the media.Today we’re pleased to announce we will be matching Stormzy’s £10M pledge with new funding to benefit young Black lives in the UK, in

Wiley has announced a series of special drive-in gigs across the UK this summer.The gigs come in support of the rapper’s surprise new album ‘Boasty Gang’, which he dropped without warning last week to mark Windrush Day in the UK.Wiley will play seven shows across the UK in early August, beginning on the 2nd at the University of Bolton Stadium, before heading to Leeds, Bristol and Liverpool, before playing two nights (August 6/7) in London at Colesdale Farm and ending at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes.They’re the latest addition to the UK’s first drive-in gigs , with Kaiser Chiefs, The Streets and Dizzee Rascal among the artists playing the Utilita Live From The Drive-In.

The track is also available on streaming platforms for the first time

Baba Crunch and Hak Baker haven't featured on a track together since 2006, when Bomb Squad released their early grime hit "B.O.M.B." Now they're back together on "Lucky Life," a slow-burning Kelly Portis-produced single about the ups and downs of growing up on the Isle of Dogs in East London. The single was released last week, and today they're premiering the song's video, directed by Will Robson-Scott.

Including some brand new music from the rapper

It's inspired by the 1995 Pacino and De Niro-starring film of the same name

The beginning of the week came with the announcement of a surprise album titled Insomnia from U.K. rappers Skepta, Chip, and Young Adz.

Last week, British superstar rapper J Hus began rolling out a campaign for a new apparel line called The Ugliest — a play on his personal IG handle, @theuglygram. On its website, the line's new collection includes tees, track pants, and bubble trench coats. When the line was announced, a two minute-long promotional video, which featured a medley of songs from Hus's sophomore album, Big Conspiracy, was uploaded to a YouTube channel titled Spangers Tele.

"What do you call it when a triple OG, a double OG & a Young OG make a album?"

A$AP Ferg and more feature in the track's new video