Grime originated in East London in the early 2000s, influenced by hip hop, UK garage, and dancehall. Artists initially gained recognition through pirate radio stations before some, like Dizzie Rascal and Wiley, found mainstream success with their group Roll Deep. While grime has some mainstream popularity, it is still considered underground, lacking major publicity and fanbase. This forces artists to rely on independent mixtape and DVD sales. In recent years, some grime artists like Dizzie Rascal and Chipmunk have achieved chart success by slowing their beats and rapping about love rather than violence. Underground grime remains more violent and connected to gang culture, with higher tempo beats around 140 BPM.

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3. It has influences from a combination of different genres including Hip- Hop, UK Garage and Dancehall.

4. All grime artists were forced to become known with in the genre underground before making a commercial success by appearing on pirate radio stations.

5. To be known as ‘the best’ in the genre it is your bars that listeners rate the most.

7. Commercial Grime The last three years has seen an increase in commercial grime in the charts. First starting with artists such as Dizzie Rascal and Chipmunk who came away from rapping about gangs and violence. They realised that this was not making them money and so slowed the tempo of their beats and what they were rapping about. And so today we notice that within commercial grime songs, artists are talking about love and break ups, something which is easy for an audience to connect with on a deeper meaning.

9. Whilst some artists such as Scorcher and Black the Ripper are still making music videos for this underground music, their videos have been banned from TV for promoting gang culture and violence.

10. Another difference between underground and mainstream grime is that Underground Grime music is of a much more higher tempo, consisting of around 140 beats per minute so the rapper is able to flow to the beat.