a new style of storytelling, giving a fast—paced insight to shiro, the main character's london life.been a huge success on youtube and now global film and television companies are taking notice. my name is andrew onwubolu, more known as rapman, and i'm the writer, director and creator of shiro‘s story. why do you think shiro‘s story did as well as it has done? what is it about shiro‘s story? i think it was just something that everyone could relate to. i think it was perfect timing. i think in the internet world now, it came at the right time where there's nothing at all like shiro‘s story. the three—part web series is based on true events with a lot of the inspiration coming from this council estate where he grew up. the crime dramas are written by — no offence — bbc writers who, you know, went to university, came out and just got told, this is how we do it. they haven't lived it, they haven't been here, they haven't lived it. they haven't grown up in council estates like this, so it was a lot easier for me to write the things that i used to see growing up. like all those things you