That Peckham Boy: Growing Up, Getting Out and Giving Back

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Former gang member Eric Akinniranye was chased along Camberwell High Street and gunned down. He had recently been released on temporary licence from prison where he was serving 10 years for drugs and firearms offences. Two gunmen in a Mercedes rammed him from a motorcycle before chasing him bringing him down with a number of shots. The murder took place in broad daylight in full view of two buses and a crowded street of onlookers. In this life, you can be whoever you want to be.’Two days after his eighteenth birthday, Kenny Imafidon was charged with the murder of a seventeen-year-old boy in south-east London.

Kwengface Premieres His Debut 'YPB: Tha Come Up' Mixtape". Mixtape Madness. 15 August 2021 . Retrieved 2 November 2021. Ard Bodied is generally considered the most influential mixtape to drop in the UK scene. It was the first time that UK 'gang' rap (Road Rap) broke into the mainstream, and marked the shift in general popularity from Grime to UK Rap:For a few years the Ghetto Boys had undergone major internal divisions, including the murder of leader Sparkz in 2006 by another Ghetto member. These events caused a big shift in the street politics of South London, with Lewisham dividing and fighting amongst itself. As I walked around last week, I met a man who gave his name only as Mr X. He revealed a picture of young men boasting and showing off in an ever-spiralling game of 'I'm a bigger man than you are'. Much of it is centred on the drugs trade, offering the only employment in much of the area. In the end, guns settle disputes. Kenny’s book is capturing and heartbreaking - I couldn’t put the book down. Just imagining what is going through his mind when he was in a prison cell for a murder he did not commit. For his mother, who is an absolute pillar of strength and for the rest of his family and friends on the estate. Well well where do I even start. This book shines a bright light into the realities/challenges of growing up in low socio-economic coupled with ethnic minority homes.

In the latter half of the 2010s, a new group known as 814 which combines the SE8 and SE14 was a part of Shower/Ghetto Boys. The group is in a big rivalry with Splash Gang (SG), a Grove Park estate based gang. 814 has swiftly stated its name and reputation in the UK drill music scene.This is a collection of courageous, thought-provoking and ultimately hopeful pieces set to educate and inspire young people. In early 2006, Giggs and other SN1 members dropped the ' SN1: The Beginning' mixtape. This is the first mixtape in which production was handled by their in-house production team at Unit 10 Studios. Their dark sound would go on to have a large impact on the future of UK Rap. A few classics:

She reveals a fascinating insight into both the personal and political sides of her journey and spills some tea along the way! Woman saved when bra stops bullet". 7 October 2005 . Retrieved 31 January 2020– via news.bbc.co.uk. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.On the day of Damilola's killing, Danny Preddie was on bail for five offences. He should have been under a 24-hour curfew at the Abbey Street childrens' home for these offences, but he escaped that night to join his gang for what was to be their fatal clash with the 10-year-old schoolboy. Meanwhile the Preddies had continued their activities. Danny was sentenced to three years for robbing passengers on a train at knifepoint, his brother was arrested for several violent crimes. But in January 2005 they were arrested for the killing and yesterday convicted of Damilola's fatal stabbing.

Don Strapzy tweet in May 2012: "Free Giggs. Listenin 2 Ard Bodied. I remember this tape shit inspired me to start Rappin. SN1 n dat whole movement der done a lot for UK Rap" Gangster who called himself 'the number one hitman' jailed over gun violence". Evening Standard. 18 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2011 . Retrieved 24 April 2013. Young athlete's murderer David Nyamupfukudza jailed". The Independent. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019 . Retrieved 20 August 2019. Two days after his eighteenth birthday, Kenny Imafidon was charged with the murder of a seventeen-year-old boy in south-east London.The Ghetto Boys, similar to other gangs in the area, had crews for younger members of the gang: Younger Ghetto Boys and Younger Younger Ghetto Boys (YYGB). Gripping and personal story. Stuffed full of his own experiences of drug selling, gangs, poverty, racism, the criminal justice system, entering politics and, overall, breaking through social economic expectations. According to Mr X, if you can scoop every title - best champagne, best gun, best trainers - you will deemed the 'winner' of your area, or 'ends' as it is more commonly known: 'Once you got your status, you're made in your "ends". You go put on certain cable channels and you hear it all in the music: "Rep [represent] your ends". They're glorifying it. Talking about drugs, guns, it's all gone mad.'