I don't think grime has ever been respected; it's not seen as a nice sound. — Skepta Copy Share Image
I know that I'm in grime, but I had to separate myself and do things myself. — Skepta Copy Share Image
A lot of us who've made grime might be in the chart, but that is because of the country we are in. — Skepta Copy Share Image
Becoming a commercial scene? I don't think people in grime would be happy about that. — Skepta Copy Share Image
I'm happy that grime remains underground. A lot of people talk like it's some underrated or ignored genre, but to me, that's… — Skepta Copy Share Image
Beyonce's 'Bow Down,' to me, that could be a grime tune. If it's electronic and 140-ish bpm, and people go crazy to… — Skepta Copy Share Image
We've been ahead for so long in the U.K., we're so multicultural, and that's the beauty. That's why grime was formed, from… — Skepta Copy Share Image
I hear all the big department stores like Macy's and Bloomingdale's in the U.S. playing hard hip-hop records to the shoppers, like… — Skepta Copy Share Image
It's not just my music. Not everyone just listens to grime now 'cause of Skepta. They like how we speak. They like… — Skepta Copy Share Image
They respect rappers in the U.S., but in England, it's the Queen's country. She'll forever be putting out the message on these BBC networks… — Skepta Copy Share
There would be weeks when I'd just go to Paris on a cheap ticket, sleep on my friend's floor, and just do a show… — Skepta Copy Share
'No fear' is a mindset that I stand for. It's the reason why I've got to where I am today. — Skepta Copy Share
I've been trying to do this music stuff and work it out for so long... I was like, 'Let's do it for ourselves.' All… — Skepta Copy Share
The worst thing that happened to me at a gig was when the microphone wasn't on one time, and for the three lines of… — Skepta Copy Share
When I was a youth, to be called 'African' was a diss. At school, the African kids used to lie and say they were… — Skepta Copy Share
Bullying is bullying, man. Even the biggest of the bullies got bullied. And what was happening in school comes from the media, innit? It… — Skepta Copy Share
I've realised that there's art in everything we do in London. Suddenly, a photo of two boys sitting on a wall in tracksuits with… — Skepta Copy Share
For a long time, men weren't respecting women. They weren't understanding Mother Earth, Mother Nature, the Motherland, all the motherly stuff. And now we… — Skepta Copy Share
Thank you to everybody who was there for me when I was going through depressed times. — Skepta Copy Share
