Young musicians attract fan funding to avoid reliance on record industry

Liverpool acts Miss Stylie and Esco Williams among those using new, democratic ways to finance their careersJade Jackson, aka Miss Stylie got her first set of turntables when she was 12. By 17, she was standing outside a club in Liverpool in the rain refusing to go home until they let her MC. "I think they realised I wasn't going home, so they let me in in the end," she said, "Then I tore that place up."But the artist – who flits between grime, hip-hop and house – is still far from a record ...

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