Lest there be any doubt, 2015 was a very good year for UK rap fans. Aside from the grime renaissance, the Section Boyz and 67 ...

The track was first released last month as part of her recent Love Is A Kingdom EP, a more intimate and pared-back counter to ...

Add a collaboration with Drake on the viral hit “Which One”, and you have a foundational year for the man from West London. From one side of the “Sprinter” to the other, Santan Dave also made his long ...

Believe it or not, it's been a whole decade since Wretch 32 and Avelino went toe-to-toe on their joint album, Young Fire, Old Flame. To mark the occasion, the duo are back with a 10th anniversary ...

My first and only Wireless Festival was back in 2013, a glorious peak for my evolving rap fandom. Not only did I see a then-ascending A$AP Rocky and 2 Chainz perform ...

As we all delve into the BBC’s captivating new drama series, ‘Champion’, TRENCH meets the cultural powerforce behind it. We explore how showrunner Candice Carty-Williams’ love of UK garage and seminal ...

Upon discovering Chidera Eggerue, also known as The Slumflower, it’s not hard to be pulled into her orbit. In person, Eggerue is as bubbly as her tweets of affirmation and body positivity suggest. Her ...

To be truthful: at first, I was a fan of Trap Lore Ross’ work. Stumbling across a video assessing the rise and fall of Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, the young YouTuber from Bognor Regis ...

In the year 2000, UK garage was at the epicenter of British underground music and culture. Anywhere and everywhere—from the block to the barbershop—you couldn’t walk past a corner of London where the ...

Sounds Like: “In terms of genre, I don’t know; I have struggled with that for a while. I think with the music that’s out now, I guess it would fit in the category of soul, maybe R&B at a push. I don’t ...

One of the best things about jungle (and there really is a lot to love) is the detailed sampling. There’s a whole heap of clips and soundbites that are used by pretty much every jungle producer, from ...

Way back in the grime blog era, TRENCH executive editor Laura 'Hyperfrank' Brosnan ran a hugely influential video series that paired underground and emerging MCs and producers together. The format ran ...