Gunshots, Street Slang, and the Grime Tour

<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana;"><strong><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana;"><strong>MTV Base</strong> producer and <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><strong>Voice</strong></em> newspaper columnist <strong>Jasmine Dotiwala</strong> discussed the latest controversy surrounding the Britpop music scene <strong><a href="http://www.mtvblogs.co.uk/mtv-base/jasmines-juice-the-brrrap-pack/3330" target="_blank">on her blog last week</a></strong>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana;">Apparently, Dotiwala (aka Mariah's mate) and artist manager <strong>Kwame Kwaten</strong> thought it'd be a good idea to promote three of the UK's hottest rappers (Tinchy Stryder, <strong><a href="http://www.overgroundonline.com/index.php?inner=article&amp;article_id=994" target="_blank">Chipmunk</a></strong>, pictured, and Ironik) by labelling them '<strong>the Brrrap Pack</strong>'.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana;">However, the concept was hijacked by <em><strong><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2606775/Stars-including-Ironik-and-Chipmunk-go-on-tour-with-Bizarre.html" target="_blank">The Sun</a></strong></em> newspaper who quickly announced they'd be promoting an eight-date national <strong>Brrrap Pack tour</strong> featuring two of the aforementioned artists.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana;">Now, Dotiwala is worried she's inadvertently&nbsp;linked the artists with gun crime, concluding her blog with the question: 'Am I being naive?' and requesting feedback. <strong>So here goes&hellip;</strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana;">What I find confusing and somewhat <strong><a href="http://www.overgroundonline.com/index.php?inner=article&amp;article_id=1147" target="_blank">ironic (excuse the pun)</a></strong> is the ambiguity of Dotiwala and her TV station's position on <strong>British street culture</strong>.</span></span></span></p></strong></span></span></span></p><p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana;">In December, &lt