Donk- a Vice documentary

I, like most people, first heard of donk when the video for 'Put A Donk On It' came out last year. It is a slightly silly genre of music but the tendancy for a lot of people to gawp open mouthed at it is patronising and even worse is the ironic enjoyment of it emplyed by people who think everytyhing is 'random' and love 'banter'. Donk is shit and I don't listen to it but it exists and pleases a lot of people. If you were to hold indie music up, with it's skinny jeans and wannabe rock stars, we could all have a good laugh too. VBS.tv spent a week in and around the areas where donk is particulalrly popular (North West and my hometown Scarborough) and the results are an interesting look at a scene the media ignores amidst a backdrop of small town decline. Despite skating over the blatant drug use the accompanies donk music the doc shows a group of individuals creating music, having fun and making a life for themselves which is surely a good thing right? Also you get to see some 'roided up chavs with no tops on chewing their faces off and fighting each other, which is a laugh. You can see it below-

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