translation: for her father s death. tuna/mom- for her father s death. translation: , . ., , for her father s death. translation: , , , , translation: this country is run by politicians translation: this country is run by politicians who - translation: this country is run by politicians who take - run by politicians who take people s lives so lightly, and wants to go ahead with the olympics. we have lost 2000 people in osaka, so that is 2000 families going through the same as us, and they still want to go ahead with the olympics. the international olympic committee points to events like this, says the olympics can be held with little risk to public health. but with the pandemic still raging across the world, the question many here are asking is why is the ioc so determined to take that risk? stay with us on bbc news, still to come the grandads from south london who have become the latest stars of the rap world.
there ll be a four day holiday weekend from thursday, june 2nd, to sunday, june 5th. events will include a pageant with 5,000 performers and a live concert, at buckingham palace. now meet pete and bas the grandad duo from london who ve been making a name for themselves on the rap and drill music scene. the pair say their cockney roots have helped as it s all about rhythmn and rhyming. thomas magill has been talking to them about how they re handling their new found fame. # still livin on the old estate.# an unlikely collaboration one of the uk s biggest drill artists, m24, and these two, pete and bas a pair of grandads from bermondsey, and now international stars hoping to bring something quite unique to the world of rap. it started off as rap, but we are pushing the boundaries of rap. yeah, it s the rhythm, isn t it? beginning to bang into hip hop. it s all about rhyming. rhyming. and being a cockney, rhyming slang is a big thing. and rhythm, it s about rhythm.
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thomas magill has been talking to them about how they re handling their new found fame. # still living on the old estate #. an unlikely collaboration one of the uk s biggest drill artists m24, and these two, pete and baz, a pair of grandads from bermondsey and now international stars hoping to bring something quite unique to the world of rap. it started off as rap, but we are pushing the boundaries of rap. yeah. beginning to bang into hip hop. so we re about rhyming and being a cockney, rhyming slang is a big thing, and rhythm. it s about rhythm. the words are important, but the rhythm is what they love
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