>Even something as uniquely American as hip-hop was taken, adopted by young disadvantaged Londoners and transformed into grime instead. Actually, for years in

>Even something as uniquely American as hip-hop was taken, adopted by young disadvantaged Londoners and transformed into grime instead. Actually, for years in the 80s the underground UK rap scene was dominated by british MCs rapping in fake west coast american accents. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h3Jd_PCrwQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h3Jd_PCrwQ Throughout the 80s and the early 90s there was an ever growing minority of MCs who rapped in english accents and mocked the imitators. A lot of this involved incorporating jamaican accents, which is a characteristic of the modern london accent generally. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ahFJmFcY98 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ahFJmFcY98 Eventually this became normal and most people have forgotten this earlier americanised stage.