Watch Kano Lead Grime's European Invasion

We hit the A13 (Beckton Exit) with East Ham’s finest, Kano. Re-energised by Made In The Manor, his fifth and most successful album to date, i-D joins K-A and pals - including Wiley - on his 6-date European tour as the direct rudeboy reflects candidly on, life, love and lyrics.
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[@tintinsimon]

Kano, from the bottom of my heart, you have no idea what Grime, your Grime, represents and has represented for 14 years for someone in Brussels, where Grime was inexistant for the most part of the last decade. Now a friend and I proudly do Brussels Grime, and none of it would have happened if your music did not have an impact as early as 2004, even 2002. I have always and will always support the scene, and your music specifically. You have been an international sensation for longer than you think. Thank you, sincerely, for everything. From London to Brussels, 140 BPM all day

[@open.close99]

Loved reading this

[@TemporaryIsTheDunya]

Salute

[@JeffreyRoekens]

Are you guys active on facebook?

[@itsorange6879]

Im from the US and I've listened to Kano for a over 10 years now, its bizarre to me that its taken this long for him to get as big as he is now. He's a talented guy and he deserves more fans

[@Andrew-uj4gm]

I really think Grime is gettin' more and more attention and this is good. I respect Kano because he still makes music with a message, not like other Grime MC's these days. Thums up i-D! You deserve it for this.

[@saskiam19]

I fucking love this channel u don't even know

[@maxiiboii_2519]

Same

[@lillyblack5619]

Same, could almost say it changed my life.

[@liquidevaisselle3772]

3:22 legendary flow :)

[@svinecomPLEX]

Great Video and Topic, in general!

[@WhoLetThemIn]

Your editors are brilliant.

[@jaiminnimavat8493]

I Love Grime!

[@maxiiboii_2519]

Didn't Kano appeared in top boy ? What a great show

[@patchharrison5147]

Obviously didn't know who kano was then 😂

[@tommydzwigaj8660]

Go Kano

[@GimmeSomeCookiez]

People wearing more adidas might also be influenced by adidas being increasingly more popular in the sneaker game. Real hyped shoes rn are often stuff like ultra boosts, nmds or even yeezys. Since this seems similar to rap and since the sneaker game is kinda big in the hip hop/ rap audience it might influence the clothing style quite a bit.

[@hoganolbrich999]

think he's reffing tracksuits more than the brand itself

[@GrodenH]

epic

[@LemonSte]

I got baffled when that girl in the cao started talking lol I'm called Laurel and I'm 18 too, hardly ever see someone with my name it weirds me out

[@jayman691]

K.A!!!!!! Only Real dons know about Stratford Rex😅😂.. So glad I was born in the sweet spot. Seeing the beginning of the genre & experiencing the rebirth. New generation. The evolution. Next coming of the Genre. The Mainstream transition..

[@runningscents2532]

song before 7 min.

[@AstralJackz]

yer i want it to please if you know let us know

[@LilyIggy]

(commenting just so i get notified if somebody ends up answering)

[@runningscents2532]

Word!!

[@SoosandtheRealGirl]

shiiit I thought this was about the artist Grimes. Still great video though!

[@anthroclaw]

me too lol

[@keenokoopman6812]

what song is the beginning beat from :O

[@patchharrison5147]

Hail

[@terminatorkid1997]

Ayy lmao 👽

[@RecklessxKlutz]

Whats the difference between Grimes and rap?

[@annielou7060]

there is none, grime is a subgenre of rap from england. it's like gangster rap, that's still rap but a more specific genre

[@jaiminnimavat8493]

Grime is always 140 bpm, and there are a bunch of other stuff. I forget it though.

[@cieranelson3609]

Its not different its just a genre inside of rap Americas version of this would probably be the Drill movement

[@OffByHearttt]

Depends who you ask really, as others have said it can be considered a sub-genre of hip-hop. But it has distinguishing features that link it to UK music like garage and dub. Wiley and others pioneered it with the creation of Eskibeat, then with dizzee it all blew up. In the early days lyrics weren't a major factor, it was all about the energy of the track and how well the MC could flow over the beat

[@DOLOxCLAN]

Grime comes from garage music and is electronic 140BPM heavy. Whereas rap is much slower and relies on more percussion.

[@zino44]

Not your better work on ID channel....

[@ssspaceboi]

first time first comment 😂

[@sherrysicle4341]

First reply lol

[@ginzulu]

adidas advert ... adidas t shirt! i see a collection of branded trainers all adidas i think i have accidently done a advert myself if adidas would like to contact me about payment of this comment a old skool pair of zx's would smash it not like those fake cloth covered horrible things you guys try pass off as zx's now ! BIg up kano for doing his thing though ! but adidas you guys need to bring back the real zx's and stop with the hype product placement ..

[@SlowJoman]

lot of adidas product placement, so bait