POLLS: If You've Only Just Discovered Grime, is it Too Late?

In 2003, 19-year-old grime rapper from East London, Dizzee Rascal, bagged the £20,000 GBP Mercury music prize for Boy In Da Corner. The repertoire was inspired by London's bleak inner-city life. Despite raps about guns, teenage pregnancy and drugs, the accolade showed the gradual shift in social acceptance for urban black music in Britain. The slow ascent to mainstream was undeniable. The following years would see grime acts like Tinie Tempa and Tinchy Strider cater to a broader audience by inc...