Wiley

British MC and producer Wiley pioneered the fusion of U.K. garage and hip-hop known as grime during the early 2000s, and remained a popular and prolific artist throughout the following decades, scoring several U.K. pop hits and releasing a bounty of acclaimed albums and mixtapes. Initially calling his knotty, brittle style "eski" or "eskibeat" before later proclaiming himself as the "Godfather of Grime," he charted hits as part of garage crews Pay as U Go Cartel and Roll Deep before launching a successful solo career. Several groundbreaking instrumental rhythms, often released...