Jamal Edwards: 'Every young guy wanted to do what he was doing'
Published21 February 2022Image source, Getty ImagesBy Kirsty Grant and Jennifer MeierhansNewsbeat reportersThe sudden death of 31-year-old SBTV founder Jamal Edwards has sent waves of sadness though the music industry - and far beyond.His loss is felt as strongly by the stars whose careers he launched as the countless young people he inspired as a role model for cultural change.Jamal once tweeted: "We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."27-year-old screenwriter Ameir Brown says Jamal certainly did that."I'm someone that doesn't really think about money in that sense, it's more about the impact you can leave on people and leave our communities," Ameir tells Newsbeat."Jamal definitely did that in his own communities."Image source, Ameir BrownJamal was 15 when he got a camcorder for Christmas and started filming his friends rapping on the council estate he grew up on in Acton, west London. In 2006, he set up SBTV which stands for his own rap...