“Grime is a way of life, a voice for the ambitions and dreams of the inner-city youth. It’s a vessel for our creativity and a way to express ourselves. It’s a rebellion to the system; to those who said we can’t or don’t deserve to be involved, be better, or to want more.

Grime is the way you carry yourself, the way you talk, the way you wear your clothes. It’s a culture, it’s the heartbeat of the UK’s underdog story for this generation; it’s our punk. It’s acceptance across the world for the music we make and the respect we’ve commanded. It’s the evolution of the sounds brought to England and the culmination of cultures: the black, the white, the Turkish and the Asian, the working classes, the poor and the wanting more. It’s that little voice inside you that says, ‘go the extra mile and don’t give up’.”

Roony ‘Risky Roadz’ Keefe stands as a trusted chronicler of the grime scene's early days. Starting as a fan armed with a handy cam, his RiskyRoadz