Trim's success is not more important than the long term sustainability of this genre of music as a whole.
Anyone who says they are not a Grime artist when they earn all their money from rime and get all their promotion from Grime is lost.
And the Grauniad and OMM can both suck my hairy beanbag.
obviously its about the whole rather than the individual, but do you not think theres a degree to which too strong an idea/identity of 'grime' and 'the grime scene' (and too rigid an approach to what constitutes authenticity, which often comes hand in hand, and which ive seen bandied around a lot) is going to work against its success/sustainability both musically and financially? especially given how many negative associations the press have blessed the name with
also, and i dont mean to be aggressive here, please dont take it as such, but you chat about PR nightmares then publicly insult a major press outlet... i dont rate them much either, i can understand the frustration, but surely that kind of thing isnt gonna help?