How Grime has Changed

Where and how it originatedIt was introduced in 2000.It is a predecessor of Garage music.Pioneers of Grime include artists such as Wiley,

Kano, Dizzy Rascal etcIt mainly originated from Bow E3 in East London.

What grime is based onGrime is mainly based on violence.Many artist emcee about the hardship of

their lives.Some of the artists are heavily involved with

selling drugs.

How it has developed over timeGrime videos have changed significantly over time.Videos used to be filmed in low quality because of the

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The difference between the videos are that the new grime music videos are filmed in HD quality and the artists are able to afford the high quality music video recording.

AudienceCompared to when Grime first started off, the audience has

increase vastly over the years.When Grime first started off, the music mainly appealed to

youngsters from poor backgrounds.Now, because Grime is more main stream, the audience

has reached higher age groups and more people from different ethnic backgrounds.

Grime is becoming more known in America because of P diddys, Busta rhymes and Jay z’s features of Grime songs.

RepresentationRepresentation of Grime music has slightly

changed over the years.Grime used to represent many youths

involved in violence.Whereas now it includes a more variety of

people such as everyday people in the society because of the change to more mainstream music.

LyricsThe lyrics associated with a Grime track would

usually relate to violence and hardship of life. This mainly attracted to audience which had a similar lifestyle to the artists.

Nowadays Grime tracks have been altered to suit a wider variety of audiences.