[2] The TV series originated from a web-series created whilst the production team were running the RWD magazine website and forum.
Taking hints from underground music culture and the intersection between UK garage and grime, the 3 episode web series[3] was shortly co-signed by Missy Elliott after her PR team asked to feature the artist as part of the campaign for her hit single "Work It".
[4][5][6] The series then acquired a 6-episode deal on Channel U[7] and recorded a music video with UK garage producer Sticky,[8][9] famous for hits such as "Booo!"
The article states: Alex Donne Johnson, AKA Vector Meldrew, was running a music magazine's website at the time of setting sail in professional animation.
Alex explains: "On April Fools' Day we decided to run a joke article about a group of musicians with a ridiculous past.
After proving a popular feature in the magazine, they levelled up to real world status by recording a track produced by a peak form Sticky.
white labels, Boo Kroo Theme is unusually prescient in where the sound is going, with bratty MCs barring over a track that's little more than mean bass hits and cheap synth brass.
Any info on the creator would be appreciated… Classic or not, Boo Kroo Theme set the tone for the grime comedy that followed; stupid threats from over gassed road men.
[15] In 2018, Channel U closed it doors and has since been remembered for introducing the music careers of artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Wiley and Lethal Bizzle.
In 2020 Yomi Agedoke wrote in The Guardian : "The Booo Krooo comic strip from youth lifestyle magazine RWD was reimagined as an adult animated sitcom for the network.