Cadet - 100 Phone Calls

What this video is

Released in 2016, '100 Phone Calls' arrived during a pivotal moment for UK grime and rap — the same year Skepta's Konnichiwa won the Mercury Prize and grime achieved its most significant mainstream breakthrough. Cadet, born Blaine Cameron Johnson (2 March 1990 – 9 February 2019), was a South London rapper and cousin of Krept (of Krept & Konan), who had been building his profile since 2006 via the Gipset crew. By…

Why it matters

A definitive example of mid-2010s UK confessional grime/rap — a subgenre prioritising lyrical authenticity, personal testimony, and emotional candour over production spectacle. '100 Phone Calls' exemplifies the South London independent rap aesthetic: low-budget visuals, documentary-mode…