MTV.co.uk News — The grime mc announces free gig in London to celebrate the release of Shutdown... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Listen to the Grime legend’s new release here... more info

Nialler9 — The Great Escape has announced its last 150 bands (150) bands for the new music festival in Brighton from May 14th-16th to add to this list. Highlights include Ciaran Lavery, Empress Of, Float Fall, Gaz Coombes, Lion Babe, Klo, Landshapes, Mick Jenk... more info

Core News — “A journey of musical discovery and recommendation and #Hottest Record from Lion Babe and a feature length interview with Skepta.” Check out other Annie Mac shows in the archive and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the future. Annie Mac... more info

Stereogum — Our last Week In Rap column focused on the London grime MC Skepta, who’s riding high on a couple of big hits in his homeland and who’s been spending time in the studio lately with Kanye West. If and when that Kanye collab arrives, it won’t be t... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Skepta’s little bro returns to the limelight with ‘Integrity’… more info

Stereogum — I don’t know why American critics stopped writing about grime. Sometime around 2004, grime — the British hybrid of rap and dancehall and UK garage and blaring car alarms — was the most exciting genre of music in the world. London suddenly seeme... more info

Stereogum — The London rapper Skepta has been making grime music since 2005, when that subgenre was still in full flower, and he’s been at the heart of its recent revival lately. His singles “It Ain’t Safe” and “That’s Not Me” are reportedly huge a... more info

Core News — “Charlie chats to Skepta about music and fashion – and he delivers a live PA of ‘It Ain’t Safe’. Plus, a brand new Charlie’s Cracker from Yungen.” Charlie Sloth 2015-01-12 Skepta Shows Why It Ain’t Safe [Uploaded.net download] Trackli... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Skepta treats us to another UK/US link up... more info