The rising deaths linked to drill rap have sparked urgent conversations about whether the music reflects harsh realities or ...

The 16-year-old boy was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon for the March 27 attack on Sincere Jazmin, 16 ...

Kay Flock. Nudged into music by his close friend and fellow Bronx drill rapper B-Lovee, Kay Flock's distinctive gravelly voice and explosive energy quickly grew huge in the New York rap scene.From ...

- In the last few years, drill rap has gone viral. (Hip-Hop Music) It made headlines in 2022, when the New York City mayor, Eric Adams, said he wanted to ban drill music videos.

Still, drill rap has ended up on trial in Cook County and around the world. In a Chicago trial underway, lawyers have highlighted phrases such as “BDK,” a reference to the Black Disciples, ...

Two of those indicted are aspiring drill rappers: Amir Harris, who goes by Mir EBK (which stands for "everybody's killer"), and his rapping partner Seth Johnson, who goes by Savv G.

Rappers embody their cities in ways that go deeper than area codes and shoutouts. The neighborhoods that raised them – every ...

An aspiring Bronx drill rapper, lured to his death last weekend by a phone call, was likely gunned down over the name-dropping lyrics in his music, a police source confirmed Wednesday.

He was one of five drill rappers who were removed from the local edition of the hip-hop festival Rolling Loud in 2019 at the request of Police Department officials, who cited safety concerns.

Drill, which started as a neighborhood hip-hop sound in Chicago about a decade ago, has since traveled to London, New York, Stockholm and beyond, becoming a dominant mode for rap music.

Drill music, a subgenre of hip hop from Chicago’s South Side, emerged in the early 2010s. Strongly influenced by trap music from Atlanta, Georgia, drill uses lyrics that focus heavily on money, drug ...

Rappers and producers like Slowthai, Axl Beats, Miss LaFamilia and Unknown T blend grime and drill with jazz and dancehall, and the world is taking notice.