TY - JOUR
T1 - “Home sweet home, that’s where I come from, where I got my knowledge of the road and the flow from”
T2 - Grime music as an expression of identity in postcolonial London
AU - Adams, Ruth
PY - 2019/8/8
Y1 - 2019/8/8
N2 - This paper examines how grime music and the grime scene function as a vehicle for expressions of identity–individual, local, national, and transnational–for some young people growing up in the multicultural, postcolonial context of the UK capital in the twenty-first century. Grime is electronic music, often with rap-style vocals, which emerged from London around the turn of the millennium, and which offers insights into the experiences of a section of, predominantly black, working-class urban youth. The stories grime tells paint a vivid picture, not just of individual lives in particular communities, but also of the larger canvas of a global, multicultural city in perpetual transformation, and the resulting changes in cultural and socio-linguistic practices.
AB - This paper examines how grime music and the grime scene function as a vehicle for expressions of identity–individual, local, national, and transnational–for some young people growing up in the multicultural, postcolonial context of the UK capital in the twenty-first century. Grime is electronic music, often with rap-style vocals, which emerged from London around the turn of the millennium, and which offers insights into the experiences of a section of, predominantly black, working-class urban youth. The stories grime tells paint a vivid picture, not just of individual lives in particular communities, but also of the larger canvas of a global, multicultural city in perpetual transformation, and the resulting changes in cultural and socio-linguistic practices.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047660547&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03007766.2018.1471774
DO - 10.1080/03007766.2018.1471774
M3 - Article
SN - 0300-7766
VL - 42
SP - 438
EP - 455
JO - Popular Music & Society
JF - Popular Music & Society
IS - 4
ER -