Ashley Cole and Jay-Z announce business partnership and new London club opening LONDON, Tuesday 5th July 2011, Chelsea and England star Ashley Cole has teamed-up with American rapper Jay-Z to open a new restaurant and bar in Central London next year. NVA …
BIGGA FISH in Association with Grime Daily Present BIGGA FISH TOUR SUMMER 2011 POWERED BY VINSPIRED THE SUMMERS’ BIGGEST UK TOUR – 15 ACTS, 4 CITIES! DOORS: 6PM-11PM TICKETS: £6 LIMITED EARLY BIRD/£8 STANDARD/£15 VIP (QUEUE JUMP/ARTIST MEET & GREET) Manchester 24th July @ SOUND CONTROL |Bristol …
SUGABABES SIGN TO SONY RCA In a progressive joint-venture deal concluded this week, Sugababes are announcing their the new label of choice as Sony RCA. Upon leaving their former label home of 9 years, Crown MD, Mark Hargreaves commented, “With Island Records, …
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD JUST A MESS ABOUT JUST A MESS ABOUT see’s the return of highly appraised Messy Music. The mixtape is a delightful infusion of real life issues and good vibes partnered with catchy flows, …
CREATE and URBAN DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS: RE:DEFINITION 2011 Thursday 7th July Part of the CREATE11 Festival www.createlondon.org A BARBICAN co-commission In association with Theatre Royal Stratford East Year after year RE:DEFINITION successfully aims to tell the tale of an area that lies at the crossroads where …
Not only have Twice as Nice revolutionising the pan-European club scene, they’re also offering the perfect package for sun-worshipers in the shape of their exclusive holidays. With destinations such as Malia, Ibiza and Ayia Napa, clubbers can sign up for 7 days of fun …
If you’re not into rock music and not really into camping in mud, but still wanna get into that festival, drinking-in-the-daytime vibe you need to think about Lovebox, in Victoria Park. This year RINSE FM are taking part and on …
Last night we went to see ‘Meet the Adebanjos’ and you know what? It was so much better than we thought it would be. Where shows like the Crouches were just a massive fail, the pilot of Meet The Adebanjos …
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Tinchy Stryder is set to make the performance of his life tomorrow when will take part in the opening ceremony for the UEFA Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium. Performing special self penned lyrics to the UCL ceremony song for …
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Verena Stefanie Grotto, also known as Kids of Grime brings you a 2011 grime and fashion combined exhibition dedicated to grime photography. The exhibition will be held at Pure Evil Gallery and will showcase images from the likes of Skepta, P Money,Blacks, D …
Here’s some snaps taken at the match on Wednesday 6th April, the day after Treys sold out gig at Hammersmith Apollo he was watching the Manchester vs Chelsea . Score was 1-0 to Manchester United but Trey was there to …
This guy is getting tipped throughout the UK Hip Hop scene, and I see absolutely no reason why he isn’t going to smash up everything in his way. Mic Righteous’ ‘Fire in the Booth’ on Charlie Sloth’s 1xtra show was something …
I just had to write about English Frank. This guys name is currently getting tossed around Twitter, and with GrimeDaily documenting a freestyle, which in truth, is absolutely insane, I thought it was impossible not to write about it. After hearing …
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In conjunction with Ironik’s new single release “Killed Me” featuring McLean which is being released on the 13th March, we’ve teamed up with Phones 4u and BlackBerry® to offer you tickets to see DJ Ironik. The only way you can get …
Chipmunk is lining up another smash hit single with a superstar from the US. This time it is Keri Hilson featuring on a track called ‘In The Air.’ The first two tracks released from Chipmunks second studio album, ‘Transition’ have been …
Jessie J’s album was released on 28th February after being pushed forward by around 4 weeks due to popular demand. Before ‘Who You Are’ had even made it into stores, it had sold over 100,000 copies just on pre-releases, meaning …
A year ago this week, the biggest track of 2010 was released, ‘Pass Out.’ The popularity of this track has been evident throughout the past year as it has been in the charts for a full 52 weeks now and is …
Ghetts’ much publicised track ‘Whose On The Panel’ is out on itunes now! The track which was written, recorded and with a video shot, all in the space of 24 hours, was made as a reply to ‘The List’ of top …
It’s shocking that this happened the first time, but to cancel his second UK Tour on the advice from the Police is disgusting. Giggs is a name and a person the police are familiar with, as are Trident, who stopped his …
Okay, there’s a few tracks I’ve been vibezin’ off this week. The track that has been my ‘Most Played’ this week, is Dot Rotten – Microphone. Apart from Adele’s album absolutely smashing up my itunes at the moment, Dot Rotten spitting …
Does a week pass where we’re not reading Wiley’s tweets aiming for another artist or MC? UK music should be about love and support, but today has seen Wiley taunting Chipmunk about the fact his single with Chris Brown – …
Grime is popping off right now! Yesterday we saw Chipmunk feat Chris Brown reach No.2 in the UK Charts, we’ve got Loick Essien feat N Dubz – ‘Stuttering’ dropping and entering the top 40, Skepta’s Album ‘Doin’ It Again,’ a number …
Another day, another Grime Artist in a high profile newspaper for the right reasons. It is almost becoming a standard procedure to see Grime artists, UK Hip Hop acts and other people from the UK Urban music scene make the …
The Twitter Beef King Wiley has released an instrumental called ‘Racial Banter’ following last weeks twitter remarks made with Jay Sean, and Jay Sean’s fans. The affect of the ‘racial argument’ can be seen in a previous blog, but this …
You know what, I don’t know what I was expecting with this mixtape, but I am feeling extremely positive after listening to it. The whole Nasty Collective have a sick flow, the way they freestyle is infectious, and probably one …
This 5 track mixtape is extremely different. It is heavy and a different sound from what I was expecting. Tre Mission delivers hard Rap onto Grimey/Dubstep beats and doesn’t hold back on either. It is a dirty mix and one that …
Bobby Friction and Wiley came face to face, or phone to phone during an interview on Bobby Friction’s show. This was after the Wiley and Jay Sean beef on twitter, which he plays down as ethnic banter. Bobby Friction wanted to …
It is not often we as UK Urban music fans can read about our music in such a high profile newspaper such as The Guardian. Chantelle Fiddy represents the scene and makes valid comments about the new wave of UK …
1xtra sparked up this debate yesterday, about how artists change their sound for success, and whether they should. Whilst I cannot comment on the arguments raised yesterday with the debate I thought I would share some of mine and GrimeDaily’s …
Giggs, the rapper whose doing things his own way is finally on UK Tour. After his controversial tour last time around was stopped by Police and Local Councils, this one is sure to be full of explosive performances and absolutely …
ANNOUNCES HIS 2ND UK TOUR OF 2011 DUE TO PUBLIC DEMAND THE OFFICIAL BUD, SWEAT & BEERS TOUR ‘this year’s absolute must-have; conceptual, clever and conscious’ i-D ‘dazzling verbal dexterity’ Vogue ‘one of the few MCs daring to say something different’ Dazed …
He’s only gone and done it, most folk, after building themselves a nice little buzz and bagging a healthy amount of one’s to watch last year [THE GUARDIAN / METRO / THE INDEPENDENT / BBC 1XTRA etc] would have stuck …
In true Grime fashion Boy Better Know have given us a classic set featuring the whole collective and Maximum on the decks! DOWNLOAD AND ENJOY!!! http://www.sendspace.com/file/wi72au DOIN IT AGAIN OUT NOW!!!
Mike Skinner, the man, the myth, the legend has given us a mixtape and an album to bid his farewell making music with his alter ego band, The Streets. It is the mixtape, “Cyberspace and Reds” that I will be …
Mr Hotshot of 2010, Tinie Tempah has not only blossomed in the limelight with his voice and music, he’s also been praised, hugely on his dress sense and manner. It is then, possibly no surprise, that Tinie is ready to …
Jessie J has been on just about everyone lips towards the end of 2010 and so far in 2011. We at GrimeDaily knew of her a bit before everyone else did, and our now watching a young woman slowly take over …
The big man himself Skeppy whose ‘Doin’ It Again’ has released his Tour dates for March, which I have absolutely no doubt will be a crazy, unreal, banging show. The tour kicks off on the 14th March in Glasgow and will …
Tinie Tempah is set to release the 5th single from his massive album, “Disc-Overy.” To be able to release 5 huge singles of any album is a success in itself, but with the way Tinie Tempah, and his album is …
It seems like all of Grime Daily’s ‘One’s to Watch’ are now the people you should be watching. We correctly predicted whose going to make movements come 2011 and K Koke is next to start 2011 brightly following Ed Sheeran, …
January 16th the release date of Wretch 32’s hugely anticipated single, ‘Traktor.’ On the evening of January 17th Wretch 32 sits comfortably at No.5 on the itunes Download Chart, and I am very confident he will continue to climb the charts …
MTV have recently launched a campaign sponsored by Blackberry, called ‘Brand New’ to recognise the emerging talent ready to blow in 2011. I’m happy to see a number of acts linked with Grime, in the nominations and have already submitted …
Mz Bratt…’Get Dark’ is a fully deserved most played track of the week, especially after we’ve been talking about her being one of Grime Daily’s, One’s to Watch in 2011. I heard this track a short while ago, and I have …
Ed Sheeran, the man of the moment. Following his release on Sunday 9th January, Ed has launched himself into the top 10 albums on itunes, and is sitting nicely at Number 2, behind Rihanna’s ‘Loud’ album. The International Superstar, Grammy …
Sunday 9th January 2011, an unsigned, singer songwriter by the name of ED SHEERAN released his ‘No.5 Collaborations Project’ EP, with absolutely no promotion. Through Sunday 9th January it climbed to No.4 in the itunes Download Album chart. Today, Monday 10th …
After reading the article, http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/02/mike-skinner-streets-interview-computers-blues?CMP=twt_iph I am gutted to admit that this could possibly be the end of The Streets, after their upcoming album, ‘Computers and Blues.’ ‘Original Pirate Material’ is an incredible album; completely fresh to what was out at …
2011 is now upon us, and with another year, comes some more breakthrough acts. Much has been said about whose next to blow from the Grime scene, but we here know exactly whose who, and where they’re heading. BBC Soundpoll for …