UK Grime
UK grime is grime, a fast, raw style of British electronic rap that began in East London in the early 2000s.
The UK tag only marks where it comes from, since grime is British by origin. MCs rap quickly in London accents over stark beats at about 140 beats per minute, with jagged synths and deep sub-bass. It grew out of UK garage and jungle on pirate radio. It is not a branch of American hip hop, though the two are often filed together.
Artists it is known for: Wiley, Dizzee Rascal, Skepta, Stormzy.
- Family
- Hip-Hop & Rap
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- East London, early 2000s
- Also called
- grime
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 6%
About 4,800 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have uk grime among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
UK Grime artists
Dave
Central Cee
Skepta
Knucks
Stormzy
J Hus
Nines
Jme
AJ Tracey
DiggaThe uk grime artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.