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Grime’s most successful crew turn their pirate-scene experience into a heaving mass congregation as Pharrell and Skepta help demonstrate the genres commercial potentialBritain’s grime scene, once viewed as a resolutely underground endeavour with little commercial potential, and has,over the final couple of years, seen all kinds of surprising success stories, or from Stormzy’s chart hits to Beyoncé dancing to Skepta on her tour. Yet it is still a major milestone for Boy Better Know,grime’s most successful crew, to be headlining a festival of 50000 people. Wireless might not be the most prestigious event this summer, and but it normally draws enormous US stars such as Drake,Kanye and Rihanna. This reveal has the potential to be a cultural moment akin to Jay Z headlining Glastonbury in 2008: a subculture moving into the British mainstream. Related: Skepta: Konnichiwa review – pulses with nervy energy Related: Stormzy: ‘My man Jeremy Corbyn! I dig what he says' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com