YGG (group)

YGG
Also known asYou Get Grime
Young Grime Gods
Young Rebel Soldiers
OriginLondon, England
GenresGrime[1]
Years active2006–present
Labels
MembersLyrical Strally
PK
Saint P

YGG (You Get Grime,[3][4] formerly Young Grime Gods) are a trio of grime MCs. The group consists of founding members Saint P and PK (born Alexander Denzil Bamidale Johnson-Cole), both of whom are from Camden, and later addition Lyrical Strally (born Mluleki David Mvubu), who was born in Ealing and raised in Sunbury-on-Thames.[5] The group have released music through Logan Sama's Keepin' It Grimy label, and are currently signed to Flowdan's label SpentShell.[6] They have received extensive airplay on Rinse FM, BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra and NTS,[7] and have supported AJ Tracey on tour.[8] In 2017, they appeared at several festivals including Glastonbury,[9] Cambridge's Strawberries and Creem and Bristol's Love Saves the Day.[10] In 2018, they played at Detonate Festival in Nottingham, Helios Festival in Corfu, Pop-Kultur in Germany,[11] and Outlook Festival in Croatia.[12]

  1. ^ Pritchard, Will (23 August 2017). "Next Wave #792: YGG". Clash.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vinti, Mike (1 December 2017). "Internet Crush - YGG are London's most relentless MCs - Notion Magazine". Notion.
  3. ^ "10 Emerging Grime Artists to Know Right Now". Highsnobiety. 13 October 2016.
  4. ^ Fraser, Tomas (19 February 2016). "Introducing: The Blossoming Young Grime Group, YGG - fabric blog". Fabric.
  5. ^ "Lyrical Strally//Lo - Fi Freestyle//Grime". YouTube. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  6. ^ Fennelly, Patrick (26 February 2018). "Big Who? Big What? Flowdan, PK Interviewed". Clash.
  7. ^ "Stream: YGG - 'Okay'". FACT. 18 September 2015.
  8. ^ "About Last Night - 'Lil Tracey' At XOYO - BasementApproved". BasementApproved. 24 February 2017.
  9. ^ "2017 - Glastonbury Festival". Glastonbury Festival. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  10. ^ Earl, Grace (26 May 2017). "Love Saves The Day 2017: Travel, tickets, line-up and everything else you need to know - Bristol Post". Bristol Post.
  11. ^ [1][dead link]
  12. ^ Parkinson, Holly (30 January 2018). "Outlook Festival has announced its line-up for September". Mixmag.