have chosen) made the party
look like a fresh and positive al-
ternative after 18 years of Tory
rule. This is now beginning to
be mirrored in the appeal of
Corbyn’s Labour.
young people with artists such
as Skepta, Stormzy & Wiley
breaking into the charts with
increasing regularity over the
past decade. In 2016, grime
artist Novelist declared public
support for Jeremy Corbyn and
was followed later that year by
Stormzy, who referred to Cor-
byn in an interview as “my
man, Jeremy”. Early in this
year’s election campaign influ-
ential artist JME recorded and
interview with Corbyn for Vice,
where the man who said he
had never voted as it hadn’t
been able to see where it
would make a difference for his
This year has seen one of the
most interesting grassroots po-
litical movements of recent
years: Grime4Corbyn. Grime is
a genre which developed in
London in the early 2000’s with
influences from garage, hip-
hop, jungle and dancehall. To-
day it is one of the dominant
urban music scenes in the UK
and is incredibly popular with
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