“To know how much Black British music has impacted the music industry at large is something I couldn’t be more proud of,” says Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson, founder of TRENCH Magazine.
“From the days when Grime and Rap was an afterthought in mainstream spaces, to now being a driving force in the UK’s musical landscape.”
Aitch, Tion Wayne and DigDat all made Top 10 in the charts and overall, British artists make up a third (33.6%) of all the Rap and Hip hop singles streamed in 2020.
Not to forget international rappers like Pop Smoke whose album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon got to number one in the UK last year.