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Video games have played as much of a vital role in the creation of grime as the sounds and styles of dancehall, UK garage, and jungle music. Most of the genre’s early hitmakers will tell you they used the Playstation game Music 2000 to make their icy, earth-splitting riddims on, while super-fans on forums such as reddit claim the […]

It’s been far too long since the last Meridian Dan drop (2019’s “Yo G”), but he’s finally back with his new single, “Teachers Pets”, and he’s joined by his old Meridian Crew teammates Jme and President T.  The instrumental comes from Sir Spyro, giving the three MCs a chuggy, dubstep-leaning bed for them to bounce on […]

The NBA has emphasized inclusivity and Black lives since the bubble restart. It appears this could all be performative, however, as the basketball league is donating to political parties that might not have the best interest of minorities in mind.  The Ringer reported on Thursday that over 80% of the political donations from NBA owners have gone […]

Gil Scott-Heron said the revolution wouldn’t be televised. So, it’s only right that most of the information pushed to the media regarding Black Lives Matter protests by the Trump administration is inaccurate.  A new report tracking political violence in the United States revealed that more than 93% of Black Lives Matter protests involved no serious harm to people or […]

It’s been a tumultuous decade for all of us. The past ten years have seen Britian host the Olympics, endure uninterrupted Tory rule and conclude it by crashing out of the European Union in the most embarrassing way possible. Similarly, grime hasn’t exactly had a smooth run. From the genre’s beginning (2001) up until around 2009, it had made a […]

Applicants applying for U.S. visas may have to give the government social media information, according to BBC News. U.S. State Department has adopted new regulations that will require those seeking residency to submit their social media handles as well as the different email addresses and phone numbers they’ve used in the last five years. Only diplomatic and official […]

On Sunday, Feb. 24, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will have “one of the biggest gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C.” with his upcoming “A Salute To America” Fourth of July event. However, city officials say this is no different than a regular July 4 in the nation’s capital.  Trump announced this “new” event via […]