It was in 2005 that Youtube was created, giving people a platform to showcase their talent in any way they wanted.To help us delve into the era of ‘doing it for yourself’, we have two people who know all about that life and have made successful careers doing just that. Jumping in the guest seat for our wrap up of the noughties, we have producer, singer, MC, writer Donaeo and podcaster, entrepreneur Poet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There weren’t a lot of black women in the music scene in the Noughties, but the ones that were there made massive waves!From music to acting, black women were not afraid to try their hand at anything - including this weeks guest Shystie, who brought us the UK’s first interactive TV show, Channel 4’s Dubplate Drama.She’s joined by an artist who reminded us in 2020 that black girls were PENG! Rising star, Enny!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you were and up and coming rapper in the noughties, getting seen on platforms like Channel U was the goal! Then it was all about being seen on the biggest YouTube channels - and one of the biggest channels back then (and now) was SBTV, founded by the late, great Jamal Edwards.Jamal wasn’t the only one giving MC’s a platform to showcase their skills in the noughties, we had people like our guest, one of the pioneers of the Grime movement, Jammer, creating space for MC’s to showcase their clashing skills on his platform Lord of The Mics!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The 2000s marked an explosion of female singers and rappers from America and the UK who defined the era and who’s voices became synonymous with the decade.From Beyonce to Shola Ama, women came together in a major way in the noughties and our guest, rapper Lioness, was one of them! She’s joined by self proclaimed Queen of Drill, Ivorian Doll, to talk about being a woman in music!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We were not short on laughs in the noughties! It was this era that birthed a new wave of Black British comedians, and when we began to see an emergence of Black British comedy events, as well as hilarious sketch shows on TV. It would be an injustice to discuss the comedy boom of the noughties without talking to this weeks guest Richard Blackwood who has been on our TVs, radio's and on comedy stages for the past two decades alongside Face In The News who kept us entertained with her sketches throughout lockdown! Two comedians from two era’s!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The representation of Black people on TV in the UK has come a long way. We now have an abundance of TV shows and movies that represent the Black British experience. However that wasn’t the case in the noughties.Back then it seemed like a 'one in, one out' process and it was RARE to have two shows with a predominantly Black cast on TV at the same time. So when performers like our guest Jocelyn Esien came on TV, we were hooked! She had us in stitches for much of the 2000’s with the 3 Non-blondes and Little Miss Jocelyn shows. They paved the way for our second guest Tolly T to feel seen and represented!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

From ‘Iceberg’ jeans to ‘Avirex’ jackets, fashion in the Noughties was SICK and questionable at the same time. We had bootcut jeans, high waisted belts and Jane Norman bags, BUT… nonetheless we still looked stylish! Fast forward to now, and we see that some of those fashion trends are coming back today.We delve into how fashion looked back then with one of Grime’s day one’s, Tinchy Stryder alongside one of today’s music/fashion icons, Kojey Radical.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Without a doubt the dominating sound of the Noughties was UK Garage! It was a sound that was home-grown and regularly featured in the Top 40 pop charts. More importantly though, it gave birth to Grime!The scene produced some of the UK’s greatest and most well known hits, and who better to relive that era with us, than So Solid Crew founder, the legend that is Megaman, the original Champagne bubbler!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Getting on the bus with your friends after school was a whole VIBE in the noughties and ain’t nothing changed!This week MOBO award winner and legend in the UK Grime scene, Chip and author Jade LB, writer of the 2005 blog: 'Keisha The Sket’, that turned into a Merky Books novel, join Nadia and Eddie to discuss the highs of going to school in the noughties and how Chip went from battle MC to one of the most respected rappers in the scene today.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kicking off our nostalgic journey through the noughties with a POW! - as hosts Nadia Jae & Eddie Kadi venture through the Channel U era, joined by Lethal Bizzle, talking about the making of his street anthem to his evolution from ‘B’ to ‘Bizzle’, his upcoming projects and who he’d put on Pow 2022! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.