Home Invasion: The Story of Channel U (Documentary) | Link Up TV Originals

[@roadtoman6647]

This deserves 20M views. All my 90s babies come through

[@J.S-762]

I’m 90s but the 80s babies we’re the people that man was watching the culture needs to rise up

[@roadtoman6647]

@@J.S-762 the 90s babies were the ones raised on it! But we have to thank the 80s babies for sure

[@rihannan5634]

How I miss those days …

[@ashed7637]

1 million percent

[@StarBoyyX]

👊🤝 Respect , the generation that rolled on the nokias and cd players in the pocket where the ones, teenagers in 03👊🔥

[@KRXOVRmedia]

As an New Yorker who tuned in to the UK scene via KZbin around 2010, I am grateful for a documentary like this to help me understand the culture even deeper. Thank you for producing this.

[@nialltaylor4554]

Keep up the good content broski

[@KRXOVRmedia]

@@nialltaylor4554 thank you and will do!!

[@roadtoman6647]

Never knew Americans have been plugged in that long

[@YouTube_stole_my_handle]

Very similar. Except earlier and lost some interest some years

[@Jon-bd4tk]

@@roadtoman6647 was plugged in since highschool in the 2000's. Used to download sets from Deja and Rinse and burn it on CDs. I'm 37 now lol.

[@DJMarcusGrant]

Had my 35 year old self jumping all over the living room like my knees were 18 again 😂. Biggest trip down memory lane man! All this was on repeat in my teens. Had me beefing my parents over the remote 😂😂😂

[@dwainejones4153]

😂 😂 remote control was proplems back then 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

[@rishiv6291]

💯

[@roadtoman6647]

Don said REMOTE yooooo big old sky remote yk haha

[@DJMarcusGrant]

@@roadtoman6647 back when TVs had the heeeennncchhhh back 😂😂😂

[@roadtoman6647]

@@DJMarcusGrant ahh man memories memories I need to watch this doc again

[@28g34]

This documentary was so nostalgic. Brought back so much memories.🎉

[@DavidGoldX]

💯

[@StarBoyyX]

💯🤝

[@abrahamsjason_]

💯

[@SculpArts]

💯

[@StarBoyyX]

Them times over today , the days where you had to be there or miss it , no video,no live stream ,you had to make real connections and be real or be outed

[@MixtapeMadnessOfficial]

This is a madness. Great work. Thank you Channel U 🎉

[@Itsthecreative]

Nearly brought a tear to man's eye. When my yute's old enough to understand, this will be a must watch. Needs. to understand the impact of this right here.

[@tox9222]

S​@@Itsthecreative

[@cancan-8343]

To anyone going through depression or still haven’t found yourself and your late to early 30s this video is a mind reset ! It’s never to late to start now keep going

[@falonelukombo467]

Love this statement 👏🏾💯

[@GODNATLIVE]

This documentary was so sick, what a time to be alive.

[@ceoaruh1581]

03 I was in year 7 so going tru high school I got to see every stage of channel U and the impact grime had on me and my generation growing up as teenagers in London. So glad I got to grow through them times.

[@StarBoyyX]

Yes bro real talk 🤝👊 real times

[@misssaid7693]

This documentary was good, bought me to tears, just reminds you nothing in life’s permanent but serves its purpose in its time.

[@linkuptv]

Agreed. As Wretch 32 said everything played a part in the timeline. Thanks for watching

[@Jmf1190]

Big up everyone in their mid 30s - mid 40s feeling this ❤

[@TySoloMusic1]

You mean 30+. I'm a 92 baby and still remeber all of this from back in the day

[@StarBoyyX]

💯❤️

[@trillshox2281]

Goosebumps before even hitting play. Channel U really was something special, you just had to be around them times to really understand how great it was.

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

First of all R.I.P. to Darren Platt 🕊🕊🕊🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@KanadianGrime]

❤❤

[@hotcoffeebreath]

And R.I.P. Luke Biggins too! That was a sad surprise at the end ❤

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

​@@hotcoffeebreath🕊🕊🕊🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@RawSoundzProductionz]

Channel u will always get the respect from me,it was the best generation of uk music ever, coming home from school everyday and just watching U until bedtime

[@jondoe-du2fr]

This popped up in my recommendeds. Saw it was 2 hours long and literally dropped everything I was doing. Unbelievable nostalgia right here. Crazy to see how far some artists have come. Channel U was truly special.

[@zmacb]

This was made and edited perfectly. I felt happy, nostalgic and happy sad toward the end. 😢 R.I.P Darren - AKA Cannel U.

[@dizzletrackstar8517]

im so proud to say this was my childhood and im so grateful i got to see it with my own eyes big up channel U took my back good memorys

[@PurplePerinaise]

Ahh this is such an emotional roller coaster. The scene which defined my youth, laid out in a single documentary...so many memories. I just wish I'd pushed myself to be part of it, one of my biggest regrets in life. S.o everyone who was part of it and lived their life to the full ❤ and ofc RIP Darren platt and Luke biggins fly high bruddas x

[@englandselder6623]

The path has been paved, never to late to relive this route g

[@UncleBenjs]

You're never too old to put out art

[@osirisofthesouth2853]

same …. I wonder who you really are . So many of us out here

[@jhacking4087]

Growing up as a white kid in a small Lancashire town, we would never have heard these tunes if it wasn’t for channel U, absolute game changer ‘it’s murda they’ll find ya body buried in suburbia’. Thank you channel U 🙏🏻

[@tonythetiger1600]

Init just I grew up right out in the countryside n channel U was always on while we all chilled n smoked buckets .. the good ol days lol

[@joejinnymarks8189]

Man shottin rock to make a earner .. me too from burton on trent loved it

[@Nancy_09_]

Thank you channel u 🙏

[@Eazy912]

Well done Link Up TV!! Big respect this was my whole childhood and teenage life, I would keep this channel on the whole day legit. The nostalgia is mad, more light needs to be shed on how great channel U was. Someone needs to set up a channel U throwback rave and just be running the biggest riddims in the summertime that would be so dope #ForTheCulture

[@ReelGoGetters]

I remember paying £1.50 to text in and write a message that came up on the screen while videos were playing. Good Times, Glad this important story was documented!

[@IWTBF]

Hahaha used to shout out girl in my ends on that

[@JKM110]

What a time to be alive. So grateful i lived through all of this when i was in secondary school. Legendary

[@greengemaudio4830]

This brought back so many memories, Channel was legendary R.I.P. Darren Platt he really pushed our scene to it is today.

[@RM12378]

Yo this was madness. Brings back so many memories. The tunes jeez. We need a channel U 20 year anniversary album or a Spotify playlist of all the amazing legendary tunes. This is the culture. Link up this was and is a brilliant documentary of UK urban music. 👏

[@misssensi]

This may just be my favourite thing I’ve ever watched on KZbin! Great work. Channel U was epic 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@GeXonDeXOfficial]

Raised all the hairs on my neck this . Big ups to all artist's involved. And salute to all my 90s goons

[@deeperconversationswithchad]

Words cant even explain what this channel did for me. It will always hold a place in my heart. Im sitting here watching this video and im gassed! Im jumping around, songgs ive forgot about have come back to me. I appreciate what everyone at Channel U did for the whole of the youth system in the UK Only love and light

[@kakz100]

This is Heritage! Channel U foundation! Big up Link Up & all participants for this production.

[@TvTube30000]

Powerful.... So many memories. A movie needs to be made about this.

[@ExkluseMedia]

Historical. 🎉 Well done LinkUpTv on creating this. Don’t think we’d be around if Channel U wasn’t created. What a time to be alive. Remember practising bars in front of my Tv!

[@solshields]

If Riki Bleau never crossed their path it would have been a rock channel The link goes (who ever invented garage to Ricky Bleau to Jamal Edwards to Posty. Those are the four people who without them there would be no uk black music in the charts today

[@ExkluseMedia]

@@solshields Love the connects. And I’d put Rashid just after Posty if I remember correctly. LinkUpTv grew from West Ldn, just after Grm were growing from East ldn. Then all the rest of the smaller channels started to do their thing. I wonder how the story goes next…

[@solshields]

@Exkluse Media Grime Daily predates Linkup TV bro. If you gonna put link up you have to spiff, risky records, lord of the mic, lockdown records and so much more

[@ExkluseMedia]

@@solshields I do hear that. That’s deffo one way of looking at it. The intricacies are a lot. Either way, everyone has played their part and I love that for the scene

[@back2basics997]

A trip down memory lane. Amazing insight. Thanks to everyone involved. I’m glad I was alive and grew up in that golden era man. ❤️

[@damatolgreen5329]

Channel U was massive like a bridge from pirate radio to tv. Captured the energy of the streets in the uk early 2000s

[@laylagomez8299]

Chanel U, thank you for making my early teenage memories and thank you to all the artist for your amazing work.

[@dlinc8281]

What a throwback! LinkupTV you’ve documented this so well. Got me stopping the video to find the old songs on KZbin and saving them to a playlist. Reliving my childhood in my 30s 💯

[@OliverGreen2Real]

Channel u was our childhood , watching this documentary I’ll show my kids when they get to an age to appreciate and understand . Amazing documentary

[@abzcabz]

OMDZ!!!! Channel U was massive part of my childhood without fail I would watch Channel U bk to bk for hours and I would never ever be bored!!! 20 mf Years SHIT!!!!! Where does the time go bruv!!!!!! Legendary Channel full of legendary artists!!!! Just exactly like the Choong Family song says it's taking me bk down Memory Lane!!!!! Bangers after bangers what a time to be alive fr!!!!! I need a time machine take me baaaaaaaccccckkkkkk!!!!!! 🙏💪🏆💎🥶❄💥🔥💯

[@roadtoman6647]

Big up Darren. Definitely made my years as a child growing up way more enjoyable. Thanks Darren

[@skilo9626]

This has me and my mates talking about school days, time on the ends, the lack community these days and all sorts. Channel U was a big part of life man. Nostalgia hitting hard

[@cliproulette]

This documentary was well crafted! Big up everyone involved.

[@ceecuatro]

as a artist myself that grew up on the foundation channel U set - this one was emotional, thank you for the memories & inspiration.

[@emsee7602]

This Doc was a masterpiece. Nostalgia turned up to the fullest. Good Times

[@Nonamehello993]

Thank you for this and the nostalgia. Those of us who grew up watching Channel U are now reaching 30, or 30+. Wow, life hey. Blessings to us all 🤎

[@emmaganta2545]

The nostalgia of this nearly made me cry. I'm frantically googling songs as they come up.

[@shivylee544]

Truely enjoyed watching this documentary! 💯These Pioneers did not get the credit they deserved. This brought back so much memories of my childhood! R.I.P Darren & Luke 🕊

[@dabizzle07]

The number 1 programme of my whole childhood. Saw many friends and peers on there. Everyone were official stars once they got onto channel u. It gave the communities a chance, a voice to be heard and the mystic of finally being able to see your favourite artist and not just hear them on pirate radio through the TDKs. This era is a once in a lifetime moment that can never be replicated. I proper miss these days!

[@PhilAFC92]

This is amazing please compile every song that's been on channel u my youth used to get grief for listening to channel U in Dublin back in the early 2000s 30 years old and everyone loves UK music these days amazing to see how far it's come

[@michaelcronin4826]

Legendary! The nostalgia watching this documentary is incredible 🥲 Channel U was the channel of my childhood and I feel blessed to have experienced the music and movement on it start and grow 📈 and to see so many artists who started out on it be where they are now 🏆 Devlin's dad was right...all we can make is memories and Channel U gave me a lifetimes worth

[@OliverGreen2Real]

Feel Like a little kid watching this . Brought back memories man . Channel U / Aka was always on growing up

[@presacanariox2558]

This was a proper nostalgic journey!! Loved them days man glad I grew up threw that generation!! Tinchy Stryder deffo deserves more flowers

[@michaelcorleone7598]

Channel U was before KZbin so you can imagine how much of a big deal it was having your music video on TV on Sky.

[@thedonbishop55]

One of the best documentaries out there. Two hours still feels too short. Could’ve easily been 5. Thanks so much for making this. The production is next level.

[@bengzino3695]

Ngl when I saw it was 2 hours long I was like let just watch the first five minutes...2 hours later I didn't want it to end!!! Fantastic documentary Big Up LinkUp TV...👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@kianakeekz782]

The nostalgia I'm getting from watching this is just mental. I'm so glad I grew up in this Era 🙌🏾

[@aadddtedhxh]

Man man MAN this brought back so much memories! Coming home from school and putting on Channel U was standard procedure....this was a wicked documentary, but honestly if you weren't around at the time, you'd never fully understand just what Channel U meant to us for real

[@onlythejugg]

link up tv always coming thru with the documentaries

[@cookiecrumble2098]

Groundbreaking. G Frsh made a great suggestion about a potential Channel U Concert

[@REALTALKMATE]

The foundation of the uk scene!! Big up channel U!!!! the reason behind some of the most iconic artists and songs ever to be made

[@Geedeecee1]

So many memories, and the story needed to be told. Thanks to everyone involved.

[@Roxy-qz4oh]

This has given so me so such nostalgia about my school days!!! Honestly those days were the best days ..so sad that well never get those days back....big up to all those who were part of making this documentary xx

[@SteveKalinda]

The people, the music, the skills, the birth, the evolution. The last will be first!! FACTS!! GENIUS documentary!! 🍷

[@gailainsley6939]

Channel U did what it came to do. Thank God for the founders and the staff along with their hard work and belief in these boys and girls at the time. Channel U paved the way for people that would’ve otherwise not had the chance. It’s amazing to see many of them still thriving and on the mainstream scene now and living well. Everything in life has its time. God knew these guys would’ve had no other way out. So he sent the founders as a blessing to these boys and girls with talent and dreams. For that, Channel U will always be appreciated. 🙏

[@denzel9086]

Big respect and appreciation to Link Up TV for putting this all together. More of this is definitely needed for the scene.

[@blaurie529]

Channel u came out when I was 11, I'm 31 now this documentary has really taken me back. I used to text in to channel u and rince my credit🤣🤣.

[@ShotThroughKarl]

This is awesome. I was 21 in 2003 and remember this launching. I remember all the afters I went back to and this channel would always be playing 🎉😂

[@xn-triq7607]

This was a moment! I watched U from morning till night every day, this doc is madness, respect for taking me "back down memory lane"

[@dubemmenakaya9624]

This is epic so much vibes and memories, a wonderful documenting and creative timecapsule thank you for all involved! Shout-out to Darren RIP and the Channel U legacy!

[@AudioSaviours]

Big respect for Link Up TV for this!

[@dwaynesaintrose9295]

Thank you so much for this documentary! Nostalgia at its finest! Still bang some of these tunes to date. I am incredibly SURPRISED at Nolay saying she didn't like what was arguably one of the biggest tunes of that era !

[@Carehubsoundandmusic]

Great documentary, it’s good to remind people of just how much work goes into greatness before people see the final product. This documentary captivated perfectly. Big up Darren Platt too 💯

[@OnlyNanz]

Legendary. Good to see how much the UK scene has evolved and is evolving💯

[@bencbedz5876]

Wow this had me reminiscing, great documentary. Channel U is legendary. I used to come home from school and sit infront of the tv and watch channel U for hours everyday. What a great memory and a time to be alive! this was when the UK scene was at its best. Rip Darren and Luke. Big up everyone who was involved, Thank you for the great music and memory’s 🙌🏼 still blasting the tunes till this day 💥

[@whoisuzo9018]

I'm 25, lived in the UK till I was 13 and my introduction to grime was Wiley x Wot U Call It via Channel U. So many memories that shaped my love for music. Thank you for this documentary

[@MrRickardoantonio]

this was epic man, brought back unlimited amounts of memories from when i was a teenager growing up listening to grime! thanks for putting this one together!

[@rtb_milli8186]

The way I use to chune into the Jazzie show🤣🤣🤣he was ahead of his time man hardest documentary of the year brought back hella memories Will never be forgotten

[@decuzreidy1278]

This era was a classic man big up linkup TV for making a memorable moment in UK music

[@DEEJAYNEEKO]

Incredible documentry, as an 85 baby the nostagia is maddd, legendary era and everyone should see this, a huge part of uk history… big up everyone

[@mini0mikey]

Incredible work guys, RIP to those who have fallen. This was a beautiful trip down memory lane. A well spent 2 hours, thank you.

[@dizzeeJay]

This was such a sick watch 💯 Pure nostalgia. Big up Darren your a legend 👏🏿 🕊

[@hustleno-filta5373]

Rip to all the man who never made it out this era and got to see the scene grow fr fr🤲🏾🕊️💯

[@happyhammer82]

Can still remember all this like it was yesterday cold documentary 🥶🥶

[@jxxx8084]

Wow the nostalgia watching this. I’ve got goosebumps. So many emotions watching this. Channel U was the soundtrack to my whole teenage years. Bittersweet documentary. Big Up Channel U what a time to be alive

[@johnjoe5860]

CHOONG FAM, SKINNY MAN, ROLL DEEP! Taking me back!! Best Doc I've seen in ages!! 💯

[@linkuptv]

Thank you for watching

[@ComfyOfficial]

Proper educational for us young black artists of the 2000s era man 🔥

[@IWTBF]

Must watch really. It’s our history and paved the way

[@sds9682]

I could easily watch this doc multiple times. Channel U was so important in the 00's we forget!!!

[@warrenlondon2426]

😩🙌 The feeling nostalgia I just got from watching this! 🙏🔥 So many great memories as a kid, wish we could all go back to these fun times

[@Pun1sher4u]

I got some 10/10 tapes from pirate radio back in the day. Wiley sets essential sets boys in the hood sets. Like gold now

[@davidkane5786]

Quality...I'm writing a book about the evolution of UK rap and this is invaluable research. Well played LinkUp for shining a light.

[@James_Blonde]

HST Heaven Sent Thugs, Ghetto, Shizzle, Downsides, Choong Fam. ++

[@abzg4m3rdon51]

This documentary is top tier. Legendary 👏

[@jayejaye4life]

Channel u was my go to Channel. the generation of today just won't understand this was.such a great time . Great documentary

[@isiahdoswell4392]

🔥🔥🔥I loved this. Brought back sooo much memories. Thank you to everyone that put the work in. All the artists and production team, investors. R.I.P to all those that passed.

[@Mark_3]

What a great documentary. Brought back so many memories!

[@Anita-max-wyn]

I am glad that they mentioned Hectic squad 'Ips' and Gatsby 'Come to east'. This doc was well put together and I learned a lot.

[@linkuptv]

Glad you enjoyed it, we could not miss those two classics out

[@Anita-max-wyn]

@Link Up TV Honourable mention is Alpha and Omega 'Purple haze' remix

[@jaypayne8196]

Great documentary really captured a great moment in time!!

[@swenomazzalini720]

Big up Choong family … I’m still a fan of em ❤️💯 my fucking childhood !! Legends grm daily need to give them an award

[@wooiiiii]

At the time Channel U seemed fake, it was impossible this was a national station. Putting faces to the actual scene being from outside London was mad. Seeing Crazy T in that Y-3 tracksuit gassed me (never found it to buy it, pissed). The rise of N Dubz was amazing, for me one of the best groups the UK has ever produced. Went to see Klashnekoff and Terra Firma on the strength of the murdah video. Moorish Delta 7 as well. It Introduced me to one of favourite artists, Akala. It was an integral part of the foundation to everything the scene is now, the sound and visuals to being young, hood n British. Important and awesome work. Shout out the Link Up team for being a pillar and carrying the torch for the scene.

[@TakeMeBackPirateRadio]

Loved this documentary. Channel U changed the game and created several industries that thrived off it and it brought the growth of many young ghetto entrepreneurs in the entertainment industry. Once upon a time you could never see the face of the MC on pirate radio but that all changed with Channel U. It brought all the UK scenes together as one on the same platform.

[@PolAndDazShow]

Being from Scotland, channel U introduced me to grime and all the artists in thier early years, amazing stuff

[@TerraFirmaTyger]

Yo link up. You done really well with this. Enjoyed it from start to finish. Bringing back some mad memories, being on road and the long summers off school. Such a shame some of the bangers I completely forgot about are not on Spotify. Well done getting all the interviews together and all that. Fr I can’t believe this ain’t been done before. 👏🏽

[@Azaliea_DRE]

Those days can never be replaced! Amazing artists, Creeper Crisis I see you 🫡

[@solshields]

Front line - D Double E never even had a video but was the biggest song of this era. Wow just shows how good D Double E is

[@renren4163]

This was an amazing, informative and important documentary for our British music scene 🎬