The early sounds of Chicago drill felt like a bit of controlled chaos, at least compared to what was to come. L’A Capone and RondoNumbaNine’s “Play for Keeps” marked a trend of young rappers bringing ...

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.

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Drill’s takeover of rap’s biggest scenes over the last ten years has been hard to beat, having shaped a cultural movement stretching as far and wide as Chicago, the U.K., and NYC. Here are 17 ...

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 ...

Christopher Thomas has a vivid memory of the first time he heard drill music. In 2011, he was working at Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative School within Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, aiming to ...

New York’s rap scene has undergone seismic changes in the four years since Cardi B dropped her debut album, Invasion of Privacy. Back then, in the spring of 2018 ...

The father of a murdered New York City drill rapper said it has been impossible to grieve his son while others in the genre make a “mockery” of his death in their lyrics. Perry Williams, whose son ...