Scene and heard: Thugged-out UK rap

With grime's elite currently doing acoustic covers of Lily Allen songs and dancing the urban hokey cokey to an electro remix of Sunglasses At Night, a void for thugged-out UK rap has emerged. Step forward Peckham rhymer Giggs. Over the past year the rapper, part of a gang-affiliated crew SN1, has gone from being a local hero among south London teenagers to possibly the most hyped UK rapper since Dizzee Rascal.Giggs is best known for his Talkin' the Hardest freestyle over a Dr Dre beat originally...

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