The guy dissed him on a tune, stuff went down, he got shot. In this case, the music was related to directly the outcome.
The ideas involved with this have moved way beyond boring 80s ideas of whether music influences behaviour. What happens now is that people are talking directly about their problems with other people over music, and this in some cases leads to agression, it's just a fact, deal with it.
oh, i've dealt w/ it...
this shit has happened in america for a LONG time... "you fat motherfucker, i fucked your wife", etc etc etc... beef beef beef...
the point is, whether you realize it or not, the music stuff is just a footnote to this murder. it could have been a basketball game, or a girl, or a pair of fucking shoes... the issue was "respect" and that issue has been played out in the streets long before grime ever existed...
i am sure there alot of murders in england every month involving young people with the same socio-economic background as Titch... and if you looked at the reasons why things went down, they would be just as mindless as this... the only difference is, Titch has made some records... no one says "playing pick up basketball causes violence"... if you guys want to confuse the issue, that's yr deal...