After DVDs and MySpace, YouTube became the home of Grime music, with the DIY stylings of Tim & Barry capturing a scene in full flow

In 2005, Grime music videos lived on digital satellite TV through Channel U and on DVDs such as Risky Roadz, Practice Hours and Lord of the Mics. Elsewhere, MySpace was on the rise and videos were being posted of young MCs battling on radio mics or rapping in the street.

Tim & Barry were some of the first to see the potential of online video for this scene and they began collaborating with MCs who were already becoming legends: Skepta, JME, Tempa T, Ghetts, Giggs, D Double E and, in this video, a young CHIP (also known as Chipmunk).

By 2007, this world was moving to YouTube with Tim & Barry and SBTV posting their first videos on the platform. Establishing an irreverent and comedic style, Tim & Barry captured the scene with a DIY ethos connected to its underground roots in, as they say, “stairwells, youth clubs, pirate radio studios, and tower blocks”.

Here CHIP delivers his 64 Bar Statement, a structure popular across the wide world of online Grime video, with his Ed Hardy T-Shirt on and a USB stick around his neck.

Grime artist Chip (FKA Chipmunk) raps outside on an estate.