synffRichard Kylea Cowie Jr., aka Wiley, reigns as the Godfather of grime, pioneering the genre from Bow, London's tower blocks in the early 2000s.
With independently pressed eskibeat instrumentals like "Eskimo," he fused hip hop's raw edge with shadowy influences from producers Thin Ice and Dixon, plus…
11 roots·20 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Wiley; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Roll Deep, Thin Ice, Dixon, Dizzee Rascal + 7 more
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