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Some of London’s leading grime artists have come out in support of Jeremy Corbyn - and are planning to hold a secret rave before the General Election.

A string of grime stars including Novelist, AJ Tracey and Jme have all endorsed the Labour leader in the run up to the June 8 ballot.

Rapper and poet Akala also wrote a string of tweets saying that he would be voting for Mr Corbyn because for the first time in his adult life there was a chance to elect “a sane and decent human being.”

Now, a new initiative called “Grime4Corbyn” hopes to build on support for the Labour leader from grime artists to try and encourage more young people to vote for him.

The group, which has been set up by London musicians, is also inviting young voters to sign up to win tickets for a grime rave which will be held in a secret location the week before the General Election.

“Grime4Corbyn hopes to harness this energy to help elect a Labour Prime Minister who will reduce the voting age to 16, cancel exorbitant university tuition fees, cancel zero hours contracts, and through a new genuine living wage and building 500,000 council homes a year, give Britain's young people the homes, jobs and education they need – for the many, not the few,” the group said in a statement.

It added: “Young people, and the grime scene, can win this election for Jeremy Corbyn.”

A year ago, Stormzy was one of the first grime artists to come out in support of Mr Corbyn telling the Guardian: “My man, Jeremy! Young Jeremy, my guy. I dig what he says. I saw some sick picture of him from back in the day when he was campaigning about anti-apartheid and I thought: yeah, I like your energy.”

Since the snap election was announced, other artists followed suit with Novelist, AJ Tracey and Jme all tweeting their support or meeting with Mr Corbyn.

Jme, co-founder of the Boy Better Know grime collective and record label, has also teamed up with Mr Corbyn in a bid to encourage young people to register to vote.

Mr Corbyn has since been added to the line up on the record label's Wikipedia page.

AJ Tracey wrote: “It's not a 'I don't care who you vote for, just please vote' - it's a 'If you're a real g vote Labour' ting right about now.”

In a series of tweets, rapper Akala said: “I am not and probably never will be a Labour supporter. However I will be voting for the first time and I'll be voting for @jeremycorbyn.

“For the first time in my adult life there is a chance to elect someone I would consider a sane and decent human...

“He has constantly voted/spoken against UK foreign aggression. This alone makes him the most electable politician we have ever had.”

Novelist tweeted: “Seriously, everyone Vote for Jeremy Corbyn.”