Pete & Bas bring new meaning to "grandfathers of grime"
Pete & Bas have exploded onto the U.K. grime scene, bringing an air of comedy to the genre. The duo detail their rise to popularity and their unique take on grime.
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Pete & Bas have exploded onto the U.K. grime scene, bringing an air of comedy to the genre. The duo detail their rise to popularity and their unique take on grime.
The One Show fans beg Eurovision bosses to hire 70-year-old drill rappers Pete and Bas Drill rap duo Pete and Bas are in their 70s and delighted fans after appearing on The One Show tonight (25 May). Now BBC viewers have started campaigning on Twitter for the cockney duo to be the UK's next Eurovision entry in 2022
BBC News By George Wright image captionPeter Bowditch, left, and Basil Bellgrave Until a few years ago, Peter Bowditch, 70, a retired Royal Mail employee, didn't know what UK grime or drill music was. When his granddaughter would tune his car radio into stations rap and grime broadcasts, Pete would turn it off. "She was messing with my car radio stations and I thought 'what the hell is going on here?' and I changed them back," he recalls. But over time, Pete stopped reaching for the dial and began to enjoy what he was hearing. "Then I thought, 'This ain't too bad'," he says.