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UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City

Young people in London have contributed to the production of a distinctively British rap culture. This book moves beyond accounts of hip-hops marginality and shows, with an examination of the production, dissemination, and use of rap in London, how this cultural form plays an important role in the everyday lives of young Londoners and the formation of identities. Through in-depth interviews with a range of leading and emerging rap artists, close analysis of rap music tracks, and over two years of ethnographic research of Londons UK hip-hop and grime scenes, Bramwell examines how black and white urban youths use rap to come together to explore their creative abilities. By combining these methodological approaches in the development of a critical participant observation, the book reveals how the collaborative work of these urban youths produced these politically significant subcultures, through which they resist unfair and illegitimate policing practices and attempt to develop their economic autonomy in a city marred by immense social and economic inequalities.

Richard Bramwell is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge.

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14UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City

The Aesthetics and Ethics of Londons Rap Scenes

Richard Bramwell

UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City

The Aesthetics and Ethics of Londons Rap Scenes

Richard Bramwell

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bramwell, Richard, 1977
UK hip-hop, grime and the city : the aesthetics and ethics of Londons rap scenes / by Richard Bramwell.
pages cm. (Routledge advances in ethnography ; 14)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Rap (Music)Social aspectsEnglandLondon.I.Title.
ML3918.R37B73 2015
782.42164909421dc232015002414

ISBN: 978-0-415-81238-2 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-203-06927-1 (ebk)

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For Jane and Caius.

Contents

This book would not have been possible without the support of a number of people. I owe a special debt to Paul Gilroy for his generous advice and guidance during my doctoral studies through to the completion of this book. I would like to thank Fran Tonkiss and Dick Hobbs for their considered criticism as the fieldwork developed and Anne-Marie Fortier and Angela McRobbie for their advice on the publication of this research. Thanks to Jade Cummings and Dhanveer Singh Brar for reading early drafts of the book and providing valuable criticism. Thanks also to Antonia Dawes for her careful proof reading and feedback. Dhanveer Singh Brar, Omar El-Khairy, Shoshone Johnson, and Malcolm James enabled the ideas that provided the germs for this study to be cultivated within a spirit of friendship and critical exchange. Thanks also to Molly Crawford, Rosa Padfield, Jordan Channer, and Freya El Baz. I am grateful to Sukina and Muneera, both of Poetic Pilgrimage, and to Pariz 1 for participating in the research. Funding for this study was provided by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shout outs to Afrikan Boy, Dexplicit, Excalibah, JJ, Jeff, Klayze, Possessed, Reain, Seeker, Skirmish, Slik D, and Ty.

Witness (One Hope)

Words and Music by Rodney Smith

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Sirens

Words & Music by Dylan Kwabena Mills & Nicholas Andrew Detnon

Copyright 2007 Hero Music Limited.

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Cash In My Pocket

Words and Music by Mark Daniel Ronson, Richard Kyle Cowie and Daniel Paul Merriweather

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