History
In the early 2000s, Meridian Crew, consisting of MCs President T, Skepta, Jme, Big H, Bossman Birdie, Meridian Dan and Paper Pabs regularly appeared on pirate radio stations, including Heat FM and later on Déjà Vu FM. In 2005, Meridian Crew dissolved after affiliates of the crew were convicted on attempted murder charges. After this event, Jme founded Boy Better Know alongside his brother Skepta while other Meridian members reformed as Meridian Bloodline, known later simply as Bloodline.
In its early period, "Boy Better Know" was well known for its line of eponymous T-shirts. The crew also had a regular show on Rinse FM with DJ Maximum. The first album published under the label and Jme's debut studio album, Famous? was released on July 14th 2008. "Too Many Man", the first single put out by the label as a collective, was released on 25 May 2009. The song is also featured on the Wiley and Skepta albums, Race Against Time and Microphone Champion, respectively. The song was written because of Skepta's annoyance over 'the lack of women in clubs'. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 6 June 2009 at number 97, reaching number 79 the next week. The second single from the album V.I.P, titled "Goin' In", was released for download on iTunes on 13 December 2009.
Jme's second studio album, Blam!, was released on 4 October 2010. Three singles from this album were released; "Over Me", "Sidetracked", which features Wiley, and "CD is Dead" featuring UK grime artist Tempa T.
In 2008, Boy Better Know pioneered a short-lived dance fad called the "Rolex Sweep" which accompanied the song of the same name by Skepta.
In November 2011, Boy Better Know Mobile was established, a 3G network which leases network bandwidth from Hutchison 3G. This venture was ended in mid-2013.
In February 2016, Canadian rapper Drake announced that he signed to BBK, making him the first Canadian artist to be signed to the British label/collective.
In October 2017, Solo 45 was arrested by Avon and Somerset Police following an investigation into allegations of sexual and physical abuse. He was initially charged with multiple offences, which later expanded to 30 total charges as further evidence from his digital devices was uncovered. In March 2020, he was found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of 21 counts of rape, 5 counts of false imprisonment, 2 assaults by penetration, and 2 assaults occasioning actual bodily harm against four women. He was originally sentenced to 24 years in prison in July 2020, which was later increased to 30 years by the Court of Appeal in January 2021. After that, Boy Better Know cut all ties with the artist.
In October 2018, Wiley began a feud with Skepta and Dizzee Rascal over Skepta working with Dizzee on the track 'Money Right'. On 19 November Wiley released the track 'Flip the Table', where he refers to Dizzee as the 'Grime scene quitter'.After that, he left BBK.
