0121 The Rise of Birmingham

Summer 2017 we documented the explosion of the scene in our city...

The national explosion of Grime is undeniable to practically anyone remotely interested in music, from the invasion of the Official UK Charts to taking over mainstream Summer festivals such as Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds. It was in the early to mid-2000s although, where we began to see the first traces of Grime music seep through the veins of major cities outside of London in the UK.

Now with its own defined sound, Birmingham’s new generation of Grime artists, from Jaykae and Dapz On The Map to Lady Leshurr, have made incredible leaps and bounds for the genre and scene in the UK’s second city. The same manner in which the diverse demographics of this city lend to the unique fusing of sounds amongst the raw talent that there is to offer, Birmingham has delivered some kind of ineffable intensity to the game, that arguably, London, the city known as the birthplace of Grime, hasn’t delivered...

Summer 2017 we documented the explosion of the scene in our city...Read & See It All Here - #0121TheRiseofBirmingham

Part I - Tempa, Dapz On The Map, MADE Festival?

Part II - Tazzle, Infamous Dimez, Scorpz

Part III - JayKae, Lotto Boyzz