The sound of drill is the brazen brrrrrap of street-level rap over the past decade. It’s the unsettling, aestheticized sound of gunplay evoked by spraying hi-hats, double-tapped rhyme blasts, and a ...

There's a lot going on in the video for "Body 2," the frantic and chaotic drill track that barnstormed the UK charts earlier this year. There's ArrDee, a shitfaced-grinning Cockney teenager with a ...

M1 On the Beat wants to know if I’d like some juice. Even though he and production partner MK The Plug have become two of the most in-demand drill producers, their sense of community hasn’t faltered.

Rap artists Krept and Konan have launched an online petition against the banning of “drill” music. The petition protests the suspended prison sentence imposed this year on drill artists Skengdo and AM ...

UK Drill has taken some major hits. Check out the government’s efforts to stop the music they say is causing violence. I have noticed that the New York scene has pretty much taken over Drill Music.

The London drill rapper ventures beyond his chosen style in order to offer a fuller picture of what he’s gone through. At his best, he runs laps around the album’s skeletal beats. It didn’t have to be ...

UK police are monitoring more than 2,000 "drill" rap videos on YouTube in their war against London street gangs. YouTube has deleted 130 videos at the request of police because of their links to crime ...

In February, Mayor Adams blamed drill music for some violent crime and called for the removal of drill videos from social media. Then he backtracked, met with some drill rappers, and said he’d work ...

He’s only been making music for seven months, but SK-47 is on the cusp of something big. The masked musician keeps his identity anonymous, like many artists in the U.K. drill world, to protect his ...

Drill music, a form of hip hop known for its gritty lyrics, has been criticised by police for encouraging gang violence, but a new analysis shows that songs with positive lyrics are more popular on ...

The music industry is mourning the loss of Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed in a home invasion in Beverly Hills. Pop Smoke was a rising new star in the industry and was likely going to be one ...

Sitting in London's Shoreditch House on a summer afternoon, K-Trap scours the menu for something that grabs his eye. He keeps his head low, exuding a tempered and tranquil energy and cutting a sizable ...