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Do Brits Get Hip-Hop?

Clive and the team headed down to Bristol—the spiritual home of the British B-boy scene—to investigate whether people from the UK can rap or they should just leave it to the Americans.

The UK hip-hop scene is a largely maligned part of British music. It's often mocked for its propensities for peaked beanies, bad lyrics, silly names, and the overwhelming stench of cheap skunk. Clive and the team headed down to Bristol—the spiritual home of the British B-boy scene—to investigate whether people from the UK can rap or they should just leave it to the Americans.