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Skepta’s BRITs Performance Was A Big Win For Grime

In the end, Skepta won.

Back in 2015, Kanye brought every British MC he could find to the BRITs. West packed a handy flamethrower with him too, for good measure. It was a huge moment. The following year, grime was roundly ignored by the BRITs, hence the #BRITsSoWhite hashtag and Stormzy getting himself a meeting with the organisers to discuss the issue. Fast forward to 2017, and while grime may not have won big with the awards tonight (22 February), which was truly disappointing to see, Skepta and Stormzy finally got their moment.

Witnessing Skepta swivel on the spot mid-‘Shutdown’, his fists held aloft as racist comments made during Kanye’s performance two years ago – and immortalised within this very track – played out of the PA in the O2 Arena, one thing was abundantly clear: in the end, Skepta won. A powerful moment.

(Note: why ITV decided to censor the word “pussy” after 9pm, we’ll never know.)

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