CULTURE
Meet the Londoners Behind Grime’s First Oral History
Photograph © Olivia Rose. This image may only be used in the context of the book title above. It may not be re-used in any way nor stored in any archive or data base.
Nearing its 15th birthday, the London subculture is getting canonized with its first-ever oral history, “This Is Grime,” composed of dozens of interviews by Hattie Collins and portraits by Olivia Rose.
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Photogenic D Double E – Dalston, N16.
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Julie Adenuga near Church Studios – Crouch End, N8.
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Tinchy Strider, Star In the Hood – Devons Road, E3.
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JME wearing Ryan Hawaii – somewhere near the Rotherhithe tunnel, E14.
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Mizz Beats outside Balfron House – Poplar, E14.
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Scorcher – South Tottenham High Rd, N15.
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Joseph “JP” Patterson and Laura “Hyperfrank” Brosnan wax lyrical outside of Dalston Pier Studios – Dalston, N16.
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It’s Reaaaal, Doogz under the A40 – Portobello Road, W10.
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Ears – Dalston, N16.
