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the sound of London rain, pirate radio, and teenagers turning council estates into kingdoms
birth tempolocked at 140 beats per minute
radio rootsborn on illegal pirate stations like Rinse FM
founding kingWiley dubbed the godfather of the genre
crossover proofSkepta's Konnichiwa beat Bowie for the Mercury Prize
weapon of choicefreestyle clashes won with bars, not fists