No Joke

Kurupt FM have burst the confines of their sitcom People Just Do Nothing to become big on the grime scene and a must-see festival act. “it’s insane,” they tell Sam Richards as series three airs

- Sam Richards

You are locked into the sound of the legendary kurupt FM. hold tight, the Brentford mandem!” three series in and it’s good to know nothing much has changed inside the weed-fogged council flat that kurupt FM calls home. Grindah is still convinced he’s the “greatest Mc in the galaxy” despite audience figures that hover around zero; chabuddy G is failing to seduce his tinder dates with peanut based cocktails; and the crew’s attempt to record a new track descends into farce when they fritter away their studio time by watching Jean- claude Van damme fight sequences on Youtube (“i can’t believe he’s French!”). 

The running joke is that Grindah and his hapless cronies, despite limitless reserves of self-confidence, never get noticed. But in the real world it’s a very different matter. this year, kurupt FM have burst out of the confines of their sitcom People Just Do Nothing to become a must-see festival act. the day after we meet in a camden chicken shop, they appear on the bill at an outdoor show between two of their musical heroes, Wiley and dizzee rascal. “it’s insane,” admits allan ‘Seapa’ Mustafa, who in his grey nike tracksuit and baseball cap is instantly recognisable as kurupt kingpin Mc Grindah. “these people are Gs, man. We looked up to them as inspirations.”