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    ‘TOP BOY IS SO POPULAR BECAUSE IT’S REAL’

    Mar 28, 2022 3 minutes
    Words: Nashwa Mustafa

    Crime, loyalty, power and violence are the themes that run through Top Boy and have turned it into a global hit. But it nearly ended after two, albeit acclaimed, seasons on Channel 4.

    It was saved by Canadian rapper Drake, who helped resurrect it on Netflix where it resurfaced in 2019. And now the highly anticipated fourth series has finally landed after a three-year wait.

    While in previous seasons the lives of male gang members in the crime-filled Summerhouse estate were at

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