Derek B paved the way for UK hip-hop

The Bad Young Brother was doomed to commercial failure, but won something more valuable for the fledgling UK rap scene in the 80s – respectWith Dizzee Rascal seemingly a national treasure, and the likes of Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz and Chipmunk becoming household names, you could fool yourself into thinking that British rap had always been around and selling ringtones by the thousand. But in the mid-to-late 80s, any notion of a domestic rap scene entering the popular consciousness was a sick...

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