Skepta review – grime’s top boy

Islington Assembly Hall, London
Ahead of his first US tour, the bling-free king of grime performs a brilliant charity set with an array of star helpersTen years ago, grime shows rarely happened at all, let alone in swanky places like Islington’s Upper Street. Not one, but three gluten-free bakeries trade here. To loosely paraphrase Skepta – the Mercury prize-winning grime MC leading the genre’s resurgence – grime shows were almost invariably shut down by the police back t