8 Bar | Trailer

Grime. They called it “young black kids’ punk rock.” A genre radio stations wouldn’t play. A music that labels didn’t know how to sell. But grime would not be stopped. With machine gun lyrics that shred eardrums and syncopated electronica that pounds the chest like a sledgehammer, grime was a product of social unrest, urban culture and disenfranchised youth colliding in the UK in the early 2000s. It didn’t just find an audience - it took one in a battle of backbeats, blood and bullets. Today, grime is surging in popularity all over the globe and has widely influenced underground music, yet few know the genesis of this genre. Gunpowder & Sky is a global studio dedicated to creating, marketing, and distributing video content unrestricted by form, genre or platforms. Subscribe to our channel: