The politics of Generation Grime
British rappers such as Stormzy and Dave have ideologies forged in a time of austerity and protest.
ByGary Younge is a writer, broadcaster, professor of sociology at the University of Manchester and former Guardian columnist. His books include The Speech: The Story Behind Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream and Another Day in the Death of America.
British rappers such as Stormzy and Dave have ideologies forged in a time of austerity and protest.
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