Bang On! The new regional sound of British hip-hop

UK hip-hop has always been dominated by London accents but, says Stephen Kelly, regional accents are finally making themselves heardWhile the accent of a BBC newsreader is now as likely to be geordie as home counties, British rap's dominant cadence is that of young black London: Dizzee, Tinie, Giggs et al broadcasting the same glottal stops from Rinse FM to Radio 1. Even those MCing outside the M25 have picked up the venacular: young Mancunian Envy sounds as much like she comes from Tower Hamlet...

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