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Reuben Dangoor re-imagines historical figures for the social media age News

Reuben Dangoor re-imagines historical figures for the social media age

By now you will no doubt be familiar with Reuben Dangoor’s incredible artwork. He’s the man behind the amazing Legends of The Scene series. The series saw grime royalty re-imaged as 18th century nobility and has garnered...

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Kurupt FM will take on Las Vegas in US reboot News

Kurupt FM will take on Las Vegas in US reboot

The BBC’s hit mockumentary People Just Do Nothing will see an American remake set in Las Vegas. Electronic giant Amazon which hosts its own streaming service Amazon Prime outside of its online shopping site has ordered a pi...

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Faze Mikaye joins Alhan & Poet on the latest episode of 'Gasworks' News

Faze Mikaye joins Alhan & Poet on the latest episode of 'Gasworks'

On the latest episode of Boiler Room’s Gasworks, grime producer and rapper Faze Miyake joins Alhan & Poet for a chat in front of the infamous green screen. After being a prominent grime producer for a number of year...

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Listen to One Acen bring the vibes on News

Listen to One Acen bring the vibes on "GucciChanel"

One Acen has had one hell of a year, but he isn’t looking to slow down any time soon, unveiling his latest offering “GucciChanel”. The North London artist switches up the script on the new riddim, his usual...

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Wireless Festival 'bans' artists from swearing & wearing offensive clothing News

Wireless Festival 'bans' artists from swearing & wearing offensive clothing

New licensing rules imposed by Haringey Council has seen Wireless Festival warn artists about offensive clothing, noise levels and swearing at the next event in Finsbury Park, due to be held in 2019. The new rules have come i...

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Doing Numbers: Ella Mai Goes top 20 with her self titled debut album News

Doing Numbers: Ella Mai Goes top 20 with her self titled debut album

Ella Mai has come a long way since her X Factor days.  After the huge global success of “Boo’d Up”, she has finally blessed us with the release of her self titled debut album Ella Mai. The album has features from the l...

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Big Zuu Releases Brand-New 'Content With Content' Mixtape News

Big Zuu Releases Brand-New 'Content With Content' Mixtape

After preparing fans for its release for a little while now, Big Zuu has finally released his highly-anticipated ‘Content With Content’ mixtape. Big Zuu recently kicked off his residency at BBC Radio 1xtra as a host but o...

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Smoke Boys (Section Boyz) unleash their 'Don't Panic 2' mixtape News

Smoke Boys (Section Boyz) unleash their 'Don't Panic 2' mixtape

The Section Boyz might have changed their name – now operating under the Smoke Boys moniker – but they’re keeping their quality with their latest mixtape Don’t Panic 2. Swift, Deepee, Inch, Knine, Sle...

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Charlie Sloth Delivers An Angry Rant At Awards Show News

Charlie Sloth Delivers An Angry Rant At Awards Show

Superstar DJ Charlie Sloth is currently trending online after storming on stage at the Audio & Radio Industry Awards (ARIAS) last night. 1Xtra’s Rap Show with Charlie Sloth was nominated alongside Soundtracking wit...

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REEBOK TEAM UP WITH JD FOR THE CLASSIC COLLECTIVE CAMPAIGN News

REEBOK TEAM UP WITH JD FOR THE CLASSIC COLLECTIVE CAMPAIGN

Reebok is supporting up and coming UK talent with their new campaign. The brand has teamed up with high street retailer JD to connect with emerging talent from across the UK and celebrate established artists who are repping t...

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D Block Europe Remix Kenny Allstar & Headie One's News

D Block Europe Remix Kenny Allstar & Headie One's "Tracksuit Love"

D Block Europe have joined Kenny Allstar and Headie One for a big remix of “Tracksuit Love”. Since its release in July, “Tracksuit Love” has gone on to be one of the biggest tracks out at the moment and the D Block Eu...

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Skengdo x AM & M.O to appear on GRM Radio tomorrow GRM Radio

Skengdo x AM & M.O to appear on GRM Radio tomorrow

Our guys Griff and Renzeeto will be taking over the Rinse FM airwaves during drive time, 16-19:00 every other Friday, for GRM Radio. Expect brand new music, special guests and plenty more on the regular. Tomorrow’s epi...

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Is New British Independent film 'VS' the film the scene has been waiting for? News

Is New British Independent film 'VS' the film the scene has been waiting for?

Set in the background and wonderful scenery of Southend, VS is a great depiction of underground rap culture and the film aims to use it as vehicle to examine some of the the trials and tribulations young people face. VS is...

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Wiley goes off at Dizzee Rascal and Skepta on Instagram rant News

Wiley goes off at Dizzee Rascal and Skepta on Instagram rant

Grime veteran Wiley has gone on a vicious rant on Instagram that takes aim at Dizzee Rascal and Skepta. Speaking directly to his social media followers, Wiley calls Dizzee and Skepta “frauds” and accuses them of being “...

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Smoke Boys (Formally Section Boyz) reveal all in long awaited NFTR Interview News

Smoke Boys (Formally Section Boyz) reveal all in long awaited NFTR Interview

On the latest NFTR, we see Vis and Chams speak to the group formerly known as Section Boyz.  The South London collective are now known as Smoke Boys and in this interview they discuss the issues that caused the name change....

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