Pay As U Go

Pay As U Go
OriginLondon, England
GenresUK garage
Years active2000–2002
Labels
Past members
  • Wiley
  • DJ Slimzee
  • Flowdan
  • Breeze
  • Target
  • Maxwell D
  • God's Gift
  • Geeneus
  • Major Ace (deceased)[1]
  • Plague
  • Riko Dan
  • Bubbles
  • Dogzilla
  • Dom P
  • Lady J

Pay As U Go or Pay As U Go Cartel were a UK garage crew formed in 2000. In 2002, the collective achieved a No. 13 UK hit with "Champagne Dance". After Pay As U Go disbanded, Wiley went on to form the grime crew Roll Deep with fellow Pay As U Go members.[2] Roll Deep would eventually include prominent artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Tinchy Stryder and Skepta.

The crew has been credited for paving the way for grime music, alongside So Solid Crew and Heartless Crew.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Grime pioneer Major Ace dies from brain tumour". BBC News. 9 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ Cowie, Richard Kylea (2017). Eskiboy. London: William Heinemann. pp. 65–69. ISBN 978-1-785-15159-0.
  3. ^ AnotherMan (12 June 2018). "A Brief History of Grime, as Told by DJ Target". AnotherMan. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Pay As U Go Crawled So That Grime Could Walk". trenchtrenchtrench.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.