Using his invaluable experience of being the founder of one of the most notorious gangs in the UK – The Peel Dem Crew or PDC, JaJa has profoundly turned his life upside down to ensure the young impressionable minds of today don’t follow the same path of self destruction.

Elijah was born in Birmingham in the early 1980s and moved to Brixton, south London in the early 1990s – family turmoil and lack of social benefits, led to his arrival into what was one of the most dangerous estates of London, Angell Town – aged only 8.

After a couple of stints in prison Jaja realised that life need not be this way for him or the next generation, on his third and final time released from prison, he instantly began making changes to envision PDC becoming famous for a different reason.

PDC is now a highly successful business involved in various projects including Music, DVDs, Films and Mix tapes. The inspiring tales of Elijah Kerr and his transformation has been captured in a book aptly named ‘Street Boys’ written by the BAFTA award winning writer Tim Pritchard and published by Harper Collins.

Come check Jaja out on MySpace.

Lethal Bizzle (also known as Lethal B) is one of the fastest growing East London Grime artists. In December, 2004 he released “Pow (Forward)“, also known as “Forward Riddim“, which was banned from airplay by some mainstream stations; it entered the UK Singles Chart at number 11 in the first chart of 2005. His former group, the More Fire Crew released the album More Fire Crew CV which did poorly and they were dropped from their record label.

In 2002 he brought out a song called “Oi!” with his former crew which reached the top ten in the UK Singles Charts.

In early July 2005 Lethal Bizzle was one of the very few black British artists to appear on stage at the final Live 8 concert in Edinburgh.

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Ghetto is one of the most talented spitters in the UK right now; he definitely has a bright future ahead of him. His first mix Cd entitled 2000 & Life was one the grime scenes biggest selling mix Cd’s of 2006, and it seems his second pre album ‘Ghetto Gospel’ done really well, if not better.

On the day of release it sold over 800 copies, which makes it the fastest selling pre album in one day in the grime scene ever. It was also awarded album of the month in both July issues of touch magazine and RWD magazine. The pre album was holding the no.1 spot in the grime scene for six months.

Now he’s back with a vengeance with the controversial and creative Freedom of Speech. This CD is solely produced by Lewi White and Smasher and is dubbed as the perfect balance between the last two Ghetto releases. The CD has the raw energy of 2000 and Life and the mature lyricism of the Ghetto Gospel… this is undoubtedly his most powerful body of work so far in his career. With guest appearances from Chipmunk, Griminal, Devlin, Wretch 32, Smasher, Lightnin, and Yazmin this cd promises to be one of the best cd’s in 2008!!!!!

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Klashnekoff, for those of you that don’t know, is a rap emcee, born and bred in Hackney, who started writing rhymes at the tender age of 10. “I was always into acting really, but then rap became the cool thing to do. It was a form of expression to help me to express certain problems. Rap was a good way to get my problems out of my system and be cool at the same time.”Now, as an adult, he still uses his skills to express his life experiences.He chose the stage name Klashnekoff, because to him it represented a freedom symbol.

Collective consisting of MCs 2 Face- Lethal B MCs Lethal Bizzle, Gambit, Knowledge, Taz, Fader, Fumin, Top Kat, 2-Face, Gloka, Clipper, 2-Lip-E, Wizz Kid, DJs Twister, dezaster and Faraknight.

Fire Camp officially formed in early 2004 with the demise of the More Fire Crew. Featuring talent new to the scene at the time, they quickly made their name regularly hosting pirate radio sets on Mystic FM, Raw UK, Crews Control FM and later Hav It FM. This was during the success of crew member Lethal Bizzle’s hit single “Pow (Forward)“, so many got to tour the whole of the UK and feature on the follow up “No“.

Fire Camp’s “No” was a massive hit in the clubs and featured on Lethal Bizzles debut solo album Against All Oddz which went on to over 45,000 copies.

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22 year-old Fumin is best known for his appearance on Lethal Bs track ‘Forward Riddim‘ (Pow), which entered the national charts at no. 11 in Dec 2004.

His paid in full vol.1 has been getting some serious underground respect and exposure in all the right places.

Fumin is blazing his own trail with his infectious choruses which get instant rewinds at raves and on pirate radio. Samurai, Elliot Ness, Frisky (pirates), DJ Shocks (1Xtra) and Ras Kwame (Radio 1/1Xtra) are all fans, and has recently performed on Tim Westwoods show on Radio 1xtra.

Predominant on the airwaves, he is also known through raves such as Palace Pavilion, the EQ and the Rex in Stratford and Sidewinders, among others, where he has been showing off his lyrical skills for the past four years.

Born Joseph Junior Adenuga, Skepta is a British rapper, commonly associated with the North London grime scene. One of the more smarter and more diligent entrepreneurs in the UK Music industry, he became renowned throughout Greater London due to his hit single, “Private Caller” which featured many of his ‘meridian crew’ from Median Walk in ‘Totty.’

His main target is to make grime music ‘main stream’ in the United Kingdom and the United States. So far, alongside accomplices like Wiley, Roll Deep, JME, President T, Trim, Frisco, Bossman and Big H, he has helped to increase the levels of ’spitting’, and has produced and created grime hits such as “Duppy,” “Stupid,” “R U Dumb,” “Fuckin’ Widda Team” and “The Large Way.”

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Boy Better Know is a popular British grime record label associated with Roll Deep and N.A.S.A (New Aged Syncronised Assasins) established by JME and Skepta who are members of Roll Deep. The members of Boy Better Know are JME, Skepta, Wiley, Tinchy Stryder, Frisco, Murkle Man, DJ Maximum and Jay Sean.

The North London record label Boy Better Know was formed by JEA (John Almond), JME (Jamie Adenuga) and his older brother Skepta (Joseph Junior Adenuga) as a way for independent artists to receive 100% profits of record sales. Boy Better Know is mainly asscociated with grime music collective Roll Deep. The label produced records from various artists including Wiley and Tinchy Stryder. They have received support from various names including DJ Tim Westwood. Boy Better Know have become an influential brand, selling over 20,000 of their t-shirt range and playing shows around the world.

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This is Mad Mini a.k.a Minature a.k.a Ballyface.

D-Raw has been promoting this artist’s product all over the country and it is safe to say that we are having a positive response [despite the front cover].

This artist is the real deal, shower, sho sho and all that shit. Lived a life of crime on the mean streets of South East London.

Hailling from Woolwich, South East London this artist lets us know the exact character of a one time bank robber/drug dealer.

He lets the listener in to intimate thoughts on loosing his brother whilst being in prison and contemplating becoming a Muslim.

If ever there has been an artist in the UK whom could par the American gangster rappers, it’s this one. Grab this wherever you see it… D-Raw will be with you shortly [hold tight].

Say hello to Giggs aka Hollow Man

Undisputed Road Rap Street Boy 2008.

This guy’s album is selling out all over the country in all good record shops [and I don't mean backstreet ones].

Hello Road Rap Great Britain.

This artist has been around on the grind for a while, with many feature tracks with established artists such as Akala.

Promoters Micheal Million and Ruthless are also a beautiful part of the story of Giggs.

THIS IS GOLDIE LOCKS: ONE OF GRIME/ ELECTROS PRINCESS.

SHE HAS PERFORMED AT VARIOUS VENUES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

[KEEP YA EYES PEELED.]

MIKE SKINNER REFERS TO HIMSELF AS THE PABLO PICCASSO OF “GEEZER GRIME“.

MIKE SKINNER HAS HAD A HAND IN ARTISTS SUCH AS THE MITCHELL BROTHERS, KANO, PROFESSOR GREEN, AND EXAMPLE TO NAME A FEW.

THIS IS BOLTON’S BLACKOUT CREW.

THEIR STYLE IS REFERRED TO AS “DONK” WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF HAPPY HARDCORE, TRANCE, AND BASSLINE WITH MC STYLE LYRICS CHATTED ON TOP OF THE BEAT

[KEEP YA EYES OPEN FOR THIS LOT.]

Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam (born July 17, 1977) better known by her stage name M.I.A., is a British songwriter, record producer, vocalist and visual artist of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. Her music encompasses various genres she has expressed interest in, with lyrics that voice politics, social realism and humour. Her artwork and clothes feature similar topics and have distinctive, often vibrant color schemes.

An accomplished visual artist by 2002, she came to prominence in early 2004 through file-sharing of her singles “Galang” and “Sunshowers” on the Internet. In 2005, her debut album, Arular, was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her second album, Kala, was released in 2007. Her single “Paper Planes” was particularly commercially successful in 2008, peaking at #4 on the US singles chart.

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Fresh from supporting Kate Nash and Adele on tour and following the release of the highly acclaimed ‘The Mixtape’, Natty returns with his debut single ‘Cold Town’, an upbeat ska tinged pop track with a very candid meaning.

Hailing from North London Natty grew up surrounded by an eclectic mix of sounds from Neil Young to Marvin Gaye and it was while working in Sphere Studios in Battersea that he first discovered his talent. By day he was engineering for some of the biggest names in the indie music scene and by night this gave him the inspiration to nurture his own developing talent.

I had no other names before but Wretch just suits my image and personality, but it’s hard to define exactly what a wretch is. That’s why I like it.

Wretch has been doing music Properly, for about a year and a half. His influences are Kano, Mike GLC, Swiss, Ghetto and Sway, but Jay-Z’s ‘Fade To Black’ DVD did inspire to keep going.

Wretch continues to give off the MC tutor appeal, but there’s no preaching in his bars. The king of metaphors is back – what if he runs out? ‘I can’t see that day coming and I’ve had my eyes checked!’ But will follow-up Teacher’s Training Day have the colossal success Learn from my mixtape demanded in 2006?

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Wiley (a.k.a Eskiboy), real name Richard Kylea Cowie is a retired British rapper and active producer from Bow, East London.

He has made many releases, solo, and as part of groups, sometimes using aliases. Wiley has created his own musical genre, which he calls “Eski”, and which is largely associated with the Grime genre. “Eskimo“, from which the genre takes its name, is probably the best known Eski track. Wiley was also a founding member of the Roll Deep crew. They released their debut album “In At The Deep End” in 2005 which has been certified silver (60,000+ sales), with two singles making the UK Top 40. His debut album Treddin’ On Thin Ice was released on XL Recordings, however he left XL and is now currently signed to Big Dada Recordings, where he is set to release his third album “Playtime Is Over” in 2007.

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Tinie Tempah developed his passion for music several years ago. At the time, South Londons So Solid crew was at its peak in the Music industry with their smash hit 21 seconds. This sound was very new to Tinie and caused him to quickly pick up interest.

Despite his age, Tinie was very determined and focused and these attributes where spotted by a North London Management company who took him on at their first opportunity. However, things were moving too slow for him and he quickly moved on.

Tinie took his lyrics back to the streets which resulted in him joining several crews over a span of years Including Nu brand Flex (Roses are Red, Eskimo 3). He produced an Independent Mix Cd entitled Chapter 1 Verses 1- 22 which was heard by many Nationwide and received brilliant feedback.

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Tinchy Stryder is a grime artist hailing from Bow, East London. As well as being one of the genre’s representative solo artists,referred to by Rewind Magazine as the “prince of grime”,he is part of the group Ruff Sqwad.

Tinchy came to prominence first in 2003, winning ‘best newcomer’ at the Sidewinder awards. Since then he has been working hard and has collaborated with many major artists in the grime genre, including two remixes with The Streets, “Fit But You Know It” and “Prangin Out“.

Tinchy signed to independent label Takeover Entertainment during 2006. He also released two solo mixtapes, “I’m Back U Know” and “Lost and Found“, and joined Ruff Sqwad for “Guns & Roses 2“.

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