Investigators say gang rivalry is at the heart of recent shootings involving New York City rap musicians, and the violent drill rap genre is the match lighting those flames. NYPD officers ...

Then he backtracked, met with some drill rappers, and said he’d work with them to address gun violence. Then last month, three drill rappers were reportedly kicked off the Rolling Loud Festival ...

Mayor Eric Adams took a late-night meeting at City Hall with a group of rap artists prominent in the drill genre to talk about the gun violence plaguing New York City Published February 16, 2022 ...

Cops seize six firearms, a Taser and $43,000 in cash after drill rap gang is busted with drugs and guns. By CAITLIN POWELL FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA. Published: 01:09 EDT, 2 April 2025 ...

It’s been up for debate whether drill rap music or music videos should be used as evidence in making arrests connected to gun violence. However, it seems the NYPD has already made an advance ...

BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A meeting of the minds, in search of solutions. Rap Pioneer, Melle Mel of the group Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five who back in the 1970s, helped create what is known… ...

New York NYC Mayor Adams targets 'drill rap' videos on social media, saying they promote gun violence NYC Mayor Eric Adams promises to hold social media accountable for violent content ...

D.C. Drill Rapper Convicted After Capitol Barricade Crash, Second Drill Rap Affiliate Charged With Gun Crimes in Separate Case Ricardo Glass, aka Baby Jamo, and his co-defendant, Onosetale Okojie ...

Gun and gang talk, metaphorical or otherwise, is purposefully sublimated, though it’s in there, too (see: “Slime Them,” a pure growl, or “Left Side,” which nods more understatedly to ...

The Rolling Loud festival is underway this weekend at Citi Field in Queens, but without three local drill rappers who were removed from the festival. The three rappers were Brooklyn’s 22Gz, and ...

Buzzing Brooklyn rapper Dusty Locane pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal possession of a weapon stemming from 2019 and 2020 offenses.. On Nov. 24, the drill artist posted to Instagram that ...