…at I think underpins a lot of the cultural dynamic between Black Britons and Black Americans today. Unlike the 1990s, UK Black culture was starting to stand on its own feet a little more. Not just within the UK, but internationally. UK Garage as a musical genre was very much a thing, and Grime would eventually evolve from that and fuse elements of the Chicago Drill scene to gain a worldwide platform. Artists like So Solid Crew were at the top of the charts all over Europe in 2001. Their music was not Hip-hop, but very much aligned with the same themes of Black struggle, street p…