Jamal Edwards, who changed the British rap and grime industry with his YouTube page, died Sunday after a “sudden illness” at age 31. “Myself, his sister Tanisha and the rest of his family and friends are completely devastated,” his mother, “Loose Women” panelist Brenda Edwards, said in a statement. “He was the center of our world.” Raised in west London, Edwards launched his YouTube channel, SBTV (SmokeyBarz TV), named after a pseudonym he sometimes used for his own musical endeavors, in 2006. Today, the channel has more than 1.2 billion subscribers and has helped bring attention to artists li…
