"I never felt like I was in the grime scene…I was the outsider. So when I veered away from it, I didn’t feel like I was leaving the circle – I felt like I was never in it…No one paid me any attention…I had to do everything on my own."
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Singer-songwriters from EnglandPeople from LondonMusic producers from the United KingdomBritish rappers
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On his uneasiness with being called a grime rapper in “AJ Tracey: ‘I had to do everything on my own’” in The Guardian (2019 Oct 27)
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