Skepta, the British Grime star, has lamented the state of the UK music industry.
The ‘Big Smoke’ crooner lamented that the British music scene is sad, segregated and run by cabals.
“The UK music scene is sad. Smallest, most segregated, label run, crabs in a barrel scene of all scenes smh,” he wrote via his X handle.
Skepta is regarded as one of the pioneers of the UK Grime genre.
He was born in the UK to Nigerian parents, Mr and Mrs Adenuga.
Famous British rapper Michael Adenuga, popularly known as Skepta, has taken to social media to express his frustration with certain individuals he has helped in the past.
The rapper’s tweets have sparked waves of discussion online as he shared his experiences with what he described as “ungrateful” people.
In a series of tweets, Skepta detailed his disappointment with those he claimed had betrayed him despite his assistance in their achievements.
He expressed his discontent, noting how seeing the success of those he supported only to be met with betrayal has deeply affected him.
“All I see is ungrateful long faces, from people who’s Fathers ain’t even done what I did for them,” Skepta wrote.
In another tweet, the rapper expressed his belief in divine justice.
He wrote;
“Good thing I don’t do things to get anything in return. God keeps the score.”
@timmy_sax commented: “Keep doing your best big smoke. God knows how he will reward you.”
@Urbangod3 said: “E dey be like that.”
@neduthegoat1 reacted: “Portable is that you?”
@Heis_Duke said: “Long faces as how? Portable come here o wetin you do Big Smoke.”
@davian_nn said: “Portable o wetin you do again bayi o.”
@cart_aham said: “NA DAVIDO. Because he papa no go fit write song for am.”
@farlowtattoo said: “Hope no be omo olalomi Feso wole again?”
@demolyno said: “If not for God wey love portable dat guy suppose no see helper for dis life again after dat kogbagidi matter.”
Popular British rapper, Skepta has vibed to new song released by singer, Portable following his recent arrest and release for owing a debt.
History.
Rolling Loud is a hip hop music festival that takes place in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Canada. Complex calls it “one of the biggest rap-only festivals in the world,” while Billboard calls it “the be-all of hip-hop festivals.”
An estimated 210,000 people attended the event in Miami in 2019.
Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, who met in elementary school in Hollywood, Florida, founded the festival in 2015. When they were in high school, they began organizing and promoting parties that “leaned heavily on a mix of Southern and Midwestern rap.” In 2010, they transitioned to professional live music events, beginning with an after-party headlined by Rick Ross. By the summer of 2013, they were hosting monthly events in Miami with emerging artists such as Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar. Before recognizing the need for a genre-specific music festival, the pair promoted artists from Florida’s burgeoning SoundCloud rap scene under the brand name Dope Entertainment.
The first Rolling Loud took place in February 2015 in Miami, Florida, and featured artists such as Schoolboy Q, Juicy J, Currensy, and Action Bronson. It was held at Soho Studios in the city’s Wynwood district, though the venue was temporarily flooded due to rain.
Rolling Loud 2016 was held at the larger Mana Wynwood convention center and featured headlining acts Ty Dolla $ign, Young Thug, and Future.
Rolling Loud relocated to Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami in 2017.
It has been held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens since 2018. The festival also expanded to other cities in 2017, with the inaugural editions of Rolling Loud Bay Area and Rolling loud Southern California.
Rolling Loud Australia in Sydney, Australia, and Rolling Loud NYC were added to the list of host cities in 2019. The same year, they announced Rolling Loud’s first European festival would be held in Portugal in July 2020.
However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the 2020 festival, which was originally scheduled to take place from May 8 to May 10, has been rescheduled for July 23 to July 25, 2021.
Due to similar circumstances, the European edition in Portugal had to be rescheduled for 2021.
Rolling Loud hosted a post-pandemic festival in Miami in 2021, with over 200,000 attendees. The festival collaborated with WWE and included a Friday Night Smackdown.
Rolling Loud continued to expand into new countries in 2022. Rolling Loud’s first collaboration with a European festival was announced in 2021 as a collaboration with the 2022 edition of Woo-Hah!, which will take place from July 1-3, 2022.
Rolling Loud Portugal took place on July 6-8, 2022, after being postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rolling Loud Toronto is set to take place in Canada on September 9-11, 2022. From March 3-5, 2023, the festival will hold its first California edition at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium.
Wizkid is to headline today’s event at the rolling loud Toronto
The 2021 Mobo Awards held yesterday in the UK, the award which was started to recognize the best in Black music from the UK and beyond.
Nigerian super star, Wizkid was the star of the Night as he won the awards for Best African and International act which is the first time one person wins the award on same night at the Mobo Awards.
Skepta got the award for the best grime act, Dave won the album of the year with his chat topping project Dave, We’re All Alone In This Together. Other winners are Little Simz, Tion Wayne, Ghetts,Shensea and alot more.
See full winners here;
The London experience of Wikid’s Made in Lagos tour was a totally different one, it showed that a whole effort was put in making the three days a great experience for everybody that was either streaming or in the O2 arena.
Wizkid’s manager Jada P couldn’t hold hack her pride and happiness by sharing pictures from the event with a caption hailing Wizkid’s new records.
she said ;
WHAT TURNING THE 02 INTO THE 03 LOOKS LIKE 🇳🇬 One of the fastest selling artist of all time at the O2. @wizkidayo inspires this generations & those to come in so many ways! Cc @zap_308 📸
Wizkid was presented his 3 sold-out plaques by the O2 manager, he was the first African artiste to sell out the O2 arena (20,000 capacity) in 2018.
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