How Did Urban Music Get So Big in the UK?
Urban music in the UK has become more popular in the past year, bigger than ever before thanks to number 1 hits from UK R&B, Hip-Hop & Grime artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Leona Lewis, Estelle and M.I.A; as well as top-10-charting artists like Lemar, Craig David, Taio Cruz, Wiley and Tinchy Stryder. UK hip-hop may not be globally as popular as it’s American counterpart and probably never will be, but over here in the UK we have some exceptionally good rappers who do make good quality, lyrically-rich music. Just as Americans created hip-hop and rap, London-based MC’s created their own genre of fast-paced mc’ing, called it “Grime” music and have never looked back since. The genre has grown ahead of UK hip-hop in terms of popularity with the younger generation because it was created by London’s younger generation, and Grime music is now widely recognised and being accepted worldwide as it is a fresh, new sound. Grime artists are now regularly being nominated for music awards in the UK and
