I made this picture while wandering around Bow in 2003. It’s my first glimpse of grime, which exploded from this part of the city into such a significant UK cultural expression. A couple of years later I’d see the boy to the right of the frame in the local youth clubs. He was the youngest who would grapple for the mic at those chaotic sessions that were grime’s original underground, and used to emcee with the name Little Shit. Later he became Big Shizz.
