How two brothers helped propel grime into the mainstream
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Simone Joyner/Getty Images Boy Better Know performing at this year's Wireless Festival
In 2005, brothers Joseph and Jamie Adenuga were facing uncertainty in the wake of their rap crew disbanding. While other members started to re-organise themselves, the Tottenham-based siblings decided to pursue music on their own terms - a move that would come to define their careers. The brothers are now better known as Skepta and JME, and the label they formed was Boy Better Know (BBK). "They were so influential for rapping in the UK, they showed us we can," Lewisham-based artist Shaybo tells the BBC.
At this time, grime was still a young and developing genre of music that was emerging out of the electronic dance scene.
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