Resistance through grime: using music to fight racism and discrimination

Abstract

Grime is a musical genre born at the beginning of the 21st century, in poor and unattended areas of East London. Influenced by genres such as Hip Hop, Reggae and Dancehall, the new music style became a movement and culture allowing the African-Caribbean British younger generations to gain a sense of identity and belonging. Often accused by hegemonic power of perpetuating crime and violence, Grime will be analysed in this study through different lenses such as subcultural studies, critical race theory and ethnography in order to showcase the benefits of the music genre and its transcendence for the disenfranchised Black British population.