Reggiimental Gets Two Years For iTunes Fraud

Whether or not you caught this story in the news, Midlands rapper Reggiimental is facing a two-year stretch for his part in a download scam that cost iTunes and Amazon £1m. The fraud was apparently spotted when iTunes began "paying royalties to what appeared to be utterly unknown artists in the Wolverhampton area at a rate they expect to pay to someone like Madonna".

It's worth pointing out that Reggii didn't mastermind the crime and wasn't responsible for any downloading, but contributed his music. Sadly the father of one has wasted a career as an IT teacher in the process.

Reggiimental has been quietly bubbling away in the scene for a while now and turned in some decent music, not least his odes to the fairer sex on Stand By The Window and new Wizard-produced single, Like You.

Reggiimental - Touch feat. TrawR (Video)

Midlands mic controller Reggiimental eschews his boom bap sensibilities for an electro approach that pits hip hop against sci-fi stylings in this Tron-like video. Pick up the mp3 below.

Reggiimental - Touch feat. TrawR

Reggiimental & Joey Gzus - Grim Up Norf (Video)

Inspired by Charlie Sloth's recent jaunt north of Watford to uncover pockets of UK talent, Reggiimental and Joey Gzus lift the title and make it a song of their very own. You can get your hands on the Midlands duo's mixtape, Joey & Jimmy, over here.

Reggiimental & Matt Henshaw - When I Close My Eyes (Video)

The Midland's ReggiiMental returns with Matt Henshaw for another dose of what's being dubbed "B-Boy Soul", this time Henshaw sounding like McCartney on a backdrop that isn't a million miles away from The Beatles in the mid-60s.

The best thing about coining a genre is that you're automatically the leading act within it. But that's irrelevant if B-Boy Soul sounds like Stand By The Window.

Reggiimental - Stand By The Window feat. Matt Henshaw (Video)

Stand By The Window is the final cut to be taken from Midlands artist Reggiimental's 2010 album, The Deepest Cellar. This is that melancholy boom bap that when done right, such as here, works oh so well.

Matt Henshaw - Adidas Trainers (Stan Smith Remix)

Matt Henshaw, of Reggiimental, has kindly offered up a free remix off The Deepest Cellar. If you like this and buy his album, or already have done, you might want to support his hustle to get a spot at LoveBox this year.