With vivid imagery from Roony's archive and firsthand accounts from MC's, designers and artists, this illustrated guide invites you to experience the 140BPM beating heartbeat of grime—not just as a music genre, but as a living, breathing culture that continues to thrive, inspire, and boldly challenge the status quo. Roony 'Risky Roadz' Keefe stands as a trusted chronicler of the grime scene's early days. Starting as a fan armed with a handy cam, his series captured the buzz of the time, and blew up when YouTube emerged. He later directed iconic music videos that defined the genre's visual identity—from Skepta's "Man" and "It Ain't Safe," to Chip's "Scene," and Kano's "3 Wheel-ups." Legendary status runs in his bloodline; his grandmother is non other than 80-year-old viral sensation, Grime Gran. spotlights the people and places across East London that shaped the genre: from its inception in the early 2000s, to today. It's a portal into the gritty, authentic world of grime, offering a front-row seat to modern history; the beef, the social history, the personalities, the tracksuits, the tunes—and the reality of a revolution that reshaped a generation.
