Grime music faces significant challenges because of discrimination against urban acts, MPs have said.
"Prejudices against grime artists risks stifling one of the UK's most exciting musical exports," MPs said in a report. As part of its investigation, the committee invited rapper ShaoDow to tell them about his experiences and he explained that he had faced frustrations when attempting to put on shows in London."I was booked for a performance in a club and called them ahead of time to say, 'I am on my way', and they said, 'Oh, by the way, we were just listening to your music. You make hip-hop'.
However, the DCMS said small, local venues were facing a"perfect storm" of challenges including rising rents and business rates against a backdrop of stagnating incomes; and called on the government to consider easing the financial burden on venue owners.
BBCPolitics Cos it's shite
It’s not it’s just shite
Good.... keep it that way!
Yeah and you have daft MPs blaming knife crime on it
So it should, as the name suggests it’s a load of shit!
BBCPolitics Good can we escalate the stifling to strangling?
11 MP's? Surely there are better things they can spend their time on?
Venues cancel various types of music for the same reason. If I owned a club and found out the artist was any form of grime or hihop I'd cancel it. Not out of racial prejudice, just discrimination against trash music.
ZubyMusic This stifling of music crap seems to have been happening since the UK Garage days. Sad.
Grime is grim 😱
Have MPs not got more pressing business to attend? brexit
BBCPolitics Could it also be because grime doesn't appeal to a relatively big audience?
Stifle it! It’s shite!!
racism and it's many forms some just don't dig it
BBCPolitics With internet youtube and social media available?
BBCPolitics Thank goodness for that
BBCPolitics Pretty hard to stifle when the internet gives the choice of any music in the world ever made ?
ZubyMusic Everything is being stifled except autocratic attitudes which are growing and accelerating.
Rock n roll went through the same in the 1950s. They destroyed Alan Freed. Radio stations refused to play the music. It was described as a communist threat or “the Devil’s music” it still survived.
wtf is grime music
Thank goodness it is it's dreadful!!
...Or... perhaps people just don't like the music...
If you'd like to see what I do live - Please check out this video If you want to hear my music, here's a playlist AND if you want to see me live, I'm headlining 100clubLondon on April 12th Thanks!
BBCPolitics Shitty crap hypocritical poetry being ignored! A bit like adverts on tv, making a pretentious poem isn’t getting me to buy this crap.
BBCPolitics What did the MPs say about NWA? Fairly changing their tune.
BBCPolitics Everybody likes bonkers
It is encouraging to hear MPs being open minded about something none of them are probably into personally. Important to recognise freedom of expression even if you are not a fan of that particular art form.
BBCPolitics Good
Not too sure it's due to'institutional racism' as the same issue doesn't arise with bashment/soca/hip-hop/reggae etc etc.
I'm honoured to have my thoughts quoted in this article. Thank you to
Who cares?
Well if it’s about small venues being threatened, doesn’t that mean all music is being stifled?
We are so fortunate to have such caring MP's - no stone left unturned.
racism this racism that....blah blah
It's terrible IMO
MPs vertue signalling again.
Is it racism or is it because it's crap? 🤔🤔
So what kind of card can other genres of music use when they aren't doing well?
I never liked trifles either. Too messy.
FakeNews That racket is not music.
So not because of the stabbings and glorification and glamorisation of such violence. Its racism. Glad we've had that cleared that up for us by the House of Fools.
Lol
Whoever is doing the stifling... thank you 🙏
I mean it is pretty dreadful, so ya know. 🤷🏼♂️
Entertainment Entertainment Latest News, Entertainment Entertainment Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »