Drill has officially gone global. From London to New York to France and now Ghana, the rap offshoot birthed on the streets of Chicago in the early 2010s has spread like wildfire. Just last month ...

Sincere Jazmin, 16, is one in dozens of drill rappers to die by gun violence in recent years. The aspiring rapper, known as “Sdot Blokka,” was shot and killed by another teen at a bus stop in ...

Ghana has always been known to have a bustling rap music scene on the African continent. In recent years, the rise of drill music has taken the world by storm, and Ghana has not been left out. In 2020 ...

Drill music is a subgenre of trap music, in itself a subgenre of hip-hop, defined by ominous beats and violent lyrics. Although rooted in Chicago, it’s spread around the world.

In the middle of a global pandemic a UK-based superstar rapper hopped on a plane to Ghana to collaborate with a schoolboy on a track which exemplifies the latest style of music from Africa. The ...

People outside of South Africa’s borders are noticing the young talent, he has had Dutch, ... Drill is a sub-genre of hip-hop music that originated in Chicago in the early 2010s.

These hip-hop artists have adopted both the East Coast's lyricism and the West Coast's swagger. Some of the top Chicago rappers who have influenced the global drill scene include Kanye West , Polo ...

When “Body” hit, Tion Wayne was trying to move away from the sound of drill. Wayne, the London-born son of two Nigerian immigrants, has been rapping since 2014, long before drill took over UK rap.

Africa: Deaf Rappers Who Lay Down Rhymes in Sign Languages Are Changing What It Means for Music to Be Heard. 27 July 2023. The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg) analysis By Katelyn Best.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is raising the alarm over violent content in drill rap, a controversial and popular subgenre of hip-hop, and wants social media companies to restrict artists from ...

Almost two years ago, Kanye West dropped a remixed version of the infectious drill rap single “I Don’t Like,” changing the life of its original owner, a then-rising 16-year-old st… ...