The man who helped bring grime into your living room has passed away.

Ghetts and others have taken to Twitter to express their condolences over the passing of Channel U-founder Darren Platt. There have been no details of the cause of death disclosed yet.

Platt’s satellite network Channel U (now called Channel AKA) helped to bring grime and other fringe genres into homes, giving it a shine to people who weren’t necessarily familiar with pirate radio. Launched in 2003, its aim was the bring grime, UK garage and rap into a new light and helped get the careers of Skepta, Dizzee Rascal and more.

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