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Investigation after BBC-promoted rapper appears to glorify schoolboy’s murder in lyrics

Prison and Probation Service investigate lyrics by drill artist TEN ‘as a priority’

The Independent UK

‘Grief changes people in different ways’: London drill star Blanco on prison, moral panic and his Angolan roots

A founder of the influential Harlem Spartans, Blanco was a massive subcultural star before time inside and the loss of his father prompted a search for new musical inspiration

The Guardian - UK

No, music doesn't cause crime – not even 'drill rap'

The Royal Easter Show and the NSW Police recently announced a ban on “rapper music” following the murder of Pacific young person, Uati “Pele” Faletolu last year.

The Conversation

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Nigerian cruise to TikTokCore: five new music genres to listen to in 2023

Will 2023 be the year for Jersey drill or Nigerian cruise? We look at the new pop genres about to burst through to the mainstream

The Guardian - UK

Drill rappers died of stab and gunshot wounds in 'unspeakable act of extreme violence'

Saydi Abu Sheikh, 23, who rapped under the name Giddy, and Zakariya Jeilani Mohamed, 32, who used the name Shifty, were fatally injured in Ilford on October 25, a coroners' court heard today

Daily Mirror

Herne Hill: Police issue pictures of takeaway driver killed and rapper shot dead in south London

DCI Sal Minhas: ‘We are working around the clock to identify and arrest those involved in this incident’

Evening Standard

Dillian Whyte shares heartbreak after boxing pal's son killed in Brixton shooting

Drill artist "Perm" is dead following the horror attack in Brixton, that also claimed the life of a bystander, Deliveroo driver Guilherme Messias Da Silva

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20 arrested in violent gang crackdown tied to murder and drill music mayhem

NEW YORK — Drill rap music videos helped cops corral 20 ruthless gang members, including four adolescents, indicted for roles they played in a vicious reign of terror against communities in the Bronx where residents were shot or stabbed in a spate of deadly violence that spanned more than three…

Tribune News Service

Rapper shares incredible Welsh-language drill music clip

Toda Ogunbanwo, 22, shared a video on Twitter last week of him rapping both in English and Welsh

Wales Online

Dimzordimma: Drill rapper, 18, stabbed to death in Enfield days after first gig

Tributes have been paid to a “well mannered and respectful” rapper who was stabbed to death in a tower block just days after his first-ever show.

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