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 ...

Still, drill rap has ended up on trial in Cook County and around the world. ... Madison, and conducts research with DJs, musicians and dancers in Chicago and in West Africa.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Following his experimental tricks on the Afro-Drill song “Asoɔden” in 2022, the award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Yaw Tog, makes a foray into drill music, revisiting the purity of his drill ...

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.

After three drill rap artists were shot — two of them fatally — in New York City since the beginning of the year, Mayor Eric Adams has called for social media to ban the genre's often-violent ...