Amph Top Boy

Top Boy is a U.K. crime drama, set in East London (my neck of the woods). It’s a gritty and realistic story about two drug dealers making their way up from low/mid level “shotters” to “Top Boys”. Most of the prominent roles are played by some of the best rappers in the UK’s Grime music scene. You wouldn’t know this isn’t their day job - these people can act. Sully (played by Kane Robinson (Kano)) is the muscle, and as the season progresses has various falling outs with business partner Dushane (Ashley Waters). Dushane is a ruthless mofo, but Sully wrestles mentally with things they have to do along the way, and aspects of his own upbringing. Although it’s a hard watch most of the time, Kane Robinson plays him so well, you are at times sympathetic to his character. He really is a product of his environment, and for my money Kano can give some of the best nonverbal acting performances you’ll ever see on a TV screen. The pain etched on his face is palpable.

Top Boy Season 3 just dropped on Netflix. It’s the final season.

Technically it’s Season 5 - the first two seasons were made by Channel 4. C4 then dropped the show, but Drake the Rapper pitched it to Netflix, who then picked the show back up. He’s not in the show, he’s an exec producer.
https://www.capitalxtra.com/news/does-drake-direct-top-boy-netflix-new-season/

If it streams in your area, and you haven’t seen it yet, the order in which to watch is:

Top Boy: Summerhouse 1
Top Boy: Summerhouse 2
Top Boy Season 1
Top Boy Season 2
Top Boy Season 3

Where’s the food, fam?

Sully meets Season 3 Big Bad Johnny McGee (Barry Keoghan)

 

Cool, you won’t be disappointed. It’s Gomorrah-level gritty. Here’s a slang list I found online to help you transition..


Innit - ain't it/isn't it *you can add this to the end of any sentence

Bruv - bro/brother/friend/literally anyone

Fam - family/friend/literally anyone

Cuz - cousin/friend/literally anyone

Ting - thing/female/literally anyone or anything

Bredren - brother/friend/literally anyone

Man - replacement for "I" ie: I bought a yard/man bought a yard; it can also be used to refer to someone else or a group "are you man mad?"

Yard - house/apartment

What you sayin - How are you

Whagwan - What's going on/what's up

In a bit - peace/see you later

You get me - do you understand/you know what I mean

Wasteman - worthless person

P's - money

Pattern - sort out/organize something

Bless - wishing someone well

Link - meet someone

Say no more - I understand/say less

Say nuttin - I understand/say less

Mandem - a group of friends

Calm - cool, under control

Bare - lots of/plenty

Allow it - leave it alone

Peng - pretty/attractive

Food - drugs

It's long for you - I will kill you/your time is short

Safe - thanks, appreciate it, good looking out

Shot/shottin - dealing drugs

Eat that - take it on the chin and move on

Swear down - I swear to god

Likkle - little

Kisses teeth - feeling unpleasant/showing disdain

Ends - your hood

 

Bumboclaat got what’s coming to him - innit

 

“If we are not monsters, we’re food - and I can never be food”.

 

Dushane definitely likes some of the finer things in life, but Sully lives a very nomadic hand-to-mouth existence

 

That’s the final season. If you watch Season 1 (Top Boy: Summerhouse) you’ll find half the MCU. Benedict Wong, A very young Letitia Wright

 

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!