Pay As U Go Cartel were an East London UK Garage and Grime group, active mostly in the early 2000s.

They were active during the transitional phase, when UK Garage was changing from mostly female singers and MCs with party lyrics, to darker instrumental tracks and MCs with clash lyrics. This eventually led to the Grime genre.

They split up after only a few years, with many of the members forming Roll Deep, and others going their own way.

The line-up was vague, and appeared to change often, but the core members were Wiley, Maxwell D, Major Ace, God’s Gift, Plague, Slimzee, Geeneus and DJ Target.

Their most successful track was “Champagne Dance” which went to #13 in the UK Charts.