Grime: Documenting the scene’s rise and reign
A special collectors edition packed with never-before-seen archival material, this is the definitive inside story of grime: raw, unfiltered, and impossible to ignore.
‘A definitive history of the genre’ – DAZED
‘There are very few better placed than Roony to document the Grime scene – and he does so perfectly’ – ROMESH RANGANATHAN
Starting as a fan armed with a handy cam in the early 00s, Roony’s RiskyRoadz series captured a new energy which blew up with YouTube, cementing him as an integral part of the genre’s visual identity. GRIME is a portal into this gritty, authentic world, offering an exclusive front-row seat to modern history: the personalities, the tracksuits, the tunes, the social context – and the reality of a revolution that shaped a generation.
Experience the 140BPM beating heartbeat of grime exclusively told by a pioneer of the scene – not just as a music genre, but as a living, breathing culture that continues to thrive, inspire, and boldly challenge the status quo.
‘A definitive history of the genre’ – Dazed -
‘There are very few better placed than Roony to document the Grime scene – and he does so perfectly’ – Romesh Ranganathan -
‘The narrative strands of Risky's life are woven into the very fabric of the scene. As grime continues its movement across the globe, RiskyRoadz remains part of both its unshakeable foundations and its evolution' – Will Poulter -
‘Both a love letter to the culture and a personal history of two decades that changed UK music forever' – The Quietus -