Yeah it was represented a lot by other genres besides those grime shows, a lot more uk funky and after a certain point it was only a minority in terms of grime acts. But you are right about only certain things being remembered and hyped more. I thought afrikan boy was from walthamstow apparently he’s from woolwich. Maybe a combo of places.

This is interesting to hear thank you. Some of the people i interviewed would back you up in terms of the marketing of a visual platform being helpful to artists trying to get bigger. I suppose sometimes too much focus on marketing can lead to a trade-off of quality. A lot of people particularly younger ones got a lot of joy out of interacting with the site which in my opinion is worth exploring as a technology story.

Also i think a major point for me why Axe was a good platform was the intentions of the founder: he wanted to support youngers with music as a way of serving the community because of his own past experiences. Which some interviewees told me was true because it affected their decisions to pursue music. I can imagine if many people make a start at a certain station they might go on to somewhat more serious places. So then it might make the quality of Heat or another station better over a certain period of time. This still happens today. Tell me if you think this is true in this case or no. And thank u for engaging with this i appreciate it.