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UK Drill & Grime – What’s the Problem? at the Free Word Centre

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Time 20:00
Date 26/09/18
Price £10

Join Grime MC P Money, DJ A.G, Drill Producer Carns Hill & Journalist Ciaran Thapar as they discuss how music that reflects the lives of marginalised youths on inner-city estates are treated in the UK

“This is how it’s been from the beginning, it’s just that everyone is hearing about it now.”

South London rapper Giggs spoke out in 2010 about the forced cancellations of his shows by the Met Police using the risk assessment Form 696. 8 years later, Form 696 has been scrapped, yet UK drill groups are being banned from YouTube and in some cases prohibited from making music without police approval, in case of lyrics that “encourage violence”. So, come and join P Money, A.G, Carns Hill and Ciaran Thapar as they discuss what does this say about the censoring of certain voices and communities?

Carns Hill
Carns Hill spent over a decade producing hood classics for the likes of 67, Youngs Teflon, Blade Brown and Reeko Squeeze. Though affiliated with these artists, it does not limit his sound—which is just as accustomed to menacing road rap as it is to frantic drill. Carns dropped his debut album proper, OT3, in February 2015, followed by Family First in January of this year—a sprawling 23-track opus which featured guest verses from some of the newer names in the UK rap scene, including 86, Reekz MB, K-Trap and more.

AG
AG the DJ is slowly becoming a household name, earning rave reviews for both her MNM show on NTS and during global DJ sets. She spent her early days as a blogger documenting Grime, and is now one of the most multi-disciplined and entertaining creatives on the scene today.

P Money
P Money grew up in Lewisham, South London, and started making inroads in Grime in 2009. Having previously released two big projects before then—Coins 2 Notes (2007) and P Money Is Power (2008)— his 2009 mixtape, Money Over Everyone, was the project that gained him critical acclaim. He is now considered the Grime scene oracle.

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