That Peckham Boy: Growing Up, Getting Out and Giving Back

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Leah is joined by Tskenya Frazer, an award-winning Forbes featured business leader and diversity, branding and sustainability specialist to speak about her new book. Showkey and Mdot were both members of the 814 gang and prominent artists in the drill music genre. In separate incidents, they were both murdered. Showkey, aged 16 at the time, was stabbed to death in August 2016 by rival SNR gang member Shamar. Mdot was murdered earlier in April 2016 at the age of 17, also from stab wounds.

Former gang member Eric Akinniranye was chased along Camberwell High Street and gunned down. He had recently been released on temporary licence from prison where he was serving 10 years for drugs and firearms offences. Two gunmen in a Mercedes rammed him from a motorcycle before chasing him bringing him down with a number of shots. The murder took place in broad daylight in full view of two buses and a crowded street of onlookers.Hancox, Dan (22 June 2018). "The war against rap: censoring drill may seem radical but it's not new". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019 . Retrieved 4 August 2019. Sparks, was seen to be in charge of the Ghetto Boys. He had a fierce reputation for violence and robbery and had a short amateur boxing career which included 5 fights and 5 wins by TKO whilst on the run for murder in Coconut Creek, Miami Florida. He trained at the Lynn in Camberwell as did Danny According to Mr X, if you can scoop every title - best champagne, best gun, best trainers - you will deemed the 'winner' of your area, or 'ends' as it is more commonly known: 'Once you got your status, you're made in your "ends". You go put on certain cable channels and you hear it all in the music: "Rep [represent] your ends". They're glorifying it. Talking about drugs, guns, it's all gone mad.' Woman saved when bra stops bullet". 7 October 2005 . Retrieved 31 January 2020– via news.bbc.co.uk. PYG members looked up to SI, and both sets looked up to the SN1 bosses. From 2007 onwards, SI and PYG started to become very active in music.

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In Autumn, Giggs was nominated for as 'Best International Act' at the BET Hip hop Awards alongside grime artists Skepta, Chip and Ghetts (much more established/mainstream artists): Gangster who called himself 'the number one hitman' jailed over gun violence". Evening Standard. 18 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2011 . Retrieved 24 April 2013. Tragically, it was. Kenny was denied bail and spent six months in Feltham Prison in south west London, facing a life sentence at the upcoming trial. “This is your life on the line and you’re potentially looking at a sentence longer than the life you lived,” Kenny said. Kenny's story shows us that we all have the potential to achieve extraordinary things. What a hero.' Bear Grylls MicStagesUK is an online magazine that provides up-to-date news in the world of music, fashion, politics and more.