A grime star told a jury he would "terrorise" women while having sex with them but insisted it was always consensual.

Andy Anokye, 32, who performs under the stage name Solo 45, denies 31 charges against him at Bristol Crown Court.

The charges, relating to four complainants, include 22 counts of rape and five counts of false imprisonment.

Anokye, who grew up in the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham, told jurors that his sex with women was "vigorous and rough" and left them with injuries on occasion.

"I don't think women I get myself involved with would look at me and think 'he's going to make slow, sensual, candlelit love to me'," the musician said.

"They were all aware of what kind of sex I was into.

"I would explain to them that it would involve terrorising them.

"We would do a lot of things where I pushed boundaries. I would humiliate them, degrade them, call them names."

The court heard he had searched for dacryphilia, which is sexual arousal from tears, online.

"It was that raw emotion I found worked for me," he said.

He insisted he would always stop or "tone it down" if women told him or indicated to him that they did not want to have sex.

Anokye said he would "occasionally" film sexual activity with women and keep it on his digital devices.

He told jurors he could have permanently deleted the files if he needed to.

"Some of my videos might be unpalatable to some people," Anokye said.

"I, up until now, didn't think there was anything on my laptop or my phones that was worth deleting.

"I know of artists or people in the media going through this situation and sometimes video saves them and evidence saves them."

Prosecutors claim a number of videos taken by Anokye, which have been played to the jury, depict non-consensual sex.

Anokye denied that and claimed that videos that feature in the case had been "cherry-picked" by the prosecution.

When asked what he thought viewing the videos now, he said: "I can understand why some people might have been startled by the force that was used.

"There was always times where I would stop and ask them if they were alright, tell them they didn't have to be there."

He said that after his arrest, he gave police the passwords to his devices so they could view the videos.

The musician described how he had grown up on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham, north London, which he said was "dangerous" at that time.

"There was a lot of money-making gangs, guns, violence, police chases and the like," he said.

He became involved in the grime industry while working on pirate radio stations and was part of the group Boy Better Know.

His first single was called Arrogant, followed by Higher and then he was signed to Island Records and released Feed Em To The Lions.

"Everything changed for me," he told the jury.

"From guns and scrambles and police chases and shootings and stabbings to villas in Cyprus with swimming pools to an apartment in Bristol."

Anokye described headlining Reading, Leeds and Wireless festivals in 2016 with Boy Better Know.

The court was played videos of Anokye with grime artist Stormzy, including a single called 5ive.

"I felt like my life was climbing, it was in an upwards direction," he said.

"Everything was working so well, I would never do anything to put my freedom on the line."

Anokye, who is from London, denies imprisoning and raping the four complainants in the case.

He also denies two charges of assault by penetration and two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The trial continues.