Drill music

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Drill lyrics tend to be adversarial, aggressive, sometimes with a "combative energy". The Guardian{{'}}s Lucy Stehlik said, "Nihilistic drill reflects real life where its squeaky-clean hip-hop counterparts have failed."{{citation

| url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/16/chief-keef-chicago-drill-rap

| title = Chief Keef takes Chicago's drill sound overground

| first = Lucy

| last = Stehlik

| newspaper = The Guardian

| date = November 16, 2012

| access-date = June 21, 2013

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}} Drill lyrics strongly contrast with the subject matter of earlier Chicago rappers{{cite web

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| title = The battle for the soul of Chicago hip hop

| first = Jim

| last = DeRogatis

| author-link = Jim DeRogatis

| magazine = wbez.org

| publisher = WBEZ

| date = September 25, 2012

| access-date = June 21, 2013

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}} and contemporary mainstream hip hop which at the time of drill's emergence tended to glorify and celebrate a rise to wealth.

Drill lyrics typically reflect crime on the streets, and tend to be gritty, violent, realistic, and nihilistic. The Philadelphia Inquirer describes drill lyrics as "celebrating violence" and that the songs "often explicitly describe shootings, mock victims, and taunt enemies". According to DJ Drewski of Hot 97, "That's what started the whole New York drill [scene] was if I beef with you, or if I got a problem with you, I'm gonna say it on this record".{{Cite web |date=2023-05-17 |title=Music executives discuss New York drill music's bad rap |url=https://abc7ny.com/nyc-drill-rap-music-executives-controversy-sha-ek/13261141/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}} In drill lyrics, the term "opp" or "opps" is frequently used to refer to enemy gang members and rivals.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-26 |title=Drillin' & killin' {{!}} Jacksonville's deadly gang beef takes disturbing twist in graveyard |url=https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/jacksonville-rappers-drill-beef-foolio-yungeen-ace-tillie-rico-osama-jake-jhitt-bully-gang-atk-6block-kshordy-spinabenz-whoppa-wit-da-choppa-nhg/77-2fcb17d0-d408-472c-a79e-9668f63d0283 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=firstcoastnews.com |language=en-US}} Drill rappers use a grim, deadpan delivery,{{cite web

| url = http://www.thefader.com/2012/05/04/katie-got-bandz-ridin-round-and-we-drillin-mp3/

| title = Katie Got Bandz, "Ridin Round and We Drillin" MP3

| first = David

| last = Drake

| newspaper = The Fader

| date = May 4, 2012

| access-date = June 21, 2013

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}} often filtered through Auto-Tune, influenced by the "stoned, aimless warbling of Soulja Boy (one of the earliest non-local Keef collaborators) and Lil Wayne before him."{{cite web|last=Sargent|first=Jordan|date=December 11, 2012|title=Lil Durk: Life Ain't No Joke|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17441-life-aint-no-joke/|access-date=June 21, 2013|newspaper=Pitchfork}} Atlanta-based rappers Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame were important influences on the early drill rappers.

{{cite web

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| title = Chicago Rap Blazes Up From the Streets

| first = David

| last = Drake

| newspaper = Spin

| date = June 25, 2012

| access-date = June 23, 2013

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The BBC states that "Whereas trap, the Atlanta-born rap style that dominated hip-hop for most of the 2000s, is often rhythmically rigid – with a snare falling on the third beat of each bar – drill moves to skippy, syncopated hi-hat patterns echoing the rapid fire of a machine gun".

The Guardian called drill production style the "sonic cousin to skittish footwork, southern-fried hip-hop and the 808 trigger-finger of trap." Young Chop is frequently identified by critics as the genre's most characteristic producer.{{cite web |date=April 19, 2013 |title=Hip-Hop in 2013... for Dummies (Part 2: The Producers) |url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/19/hip-hop-in-2013-for-dummies-part-2-the-producers/14/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726002941/http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/19/hip-hop-in-2013-for-dummies-part-2-the-producers/14/ |archive-date=July 26, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2013 |newspaper=Fact}}{{cite web |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=December 28, 2012 |title=One Nation Under Drill |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9019-the-year-in-news-2012/6/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605053125/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9019-the-year-in-news-2012/6/ |archive-date=June 5, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2013 |newspaper=Pitchfork}}{{cite web |last=Cho |first=Jaeki |date=February 7, 2013 |title=Young Chop Talks Lex Luger, Chief Keef and Studio Habits |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/02/young-chop-talks-lex-luger-chief-keef-and-studio-habits/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519040652/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/02/young-chop-talks-lex-luger-chief-keef-and-studio-habits/ |archive-date=May 19, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2013 |newspaper=XXL}} The sound of trap producer Lex Luger's music is a major influence on drill,{{cite web |last=Delerme |first=Felipe |date=August 21, 2012 |title=Chief Keef: Lost Boys |url=http://www.thefader.com/2012/08/21/chief-keef-lost-boys/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702030647/http://www.thefader.com/2012/08/21/chief-keef-lost-boys/ |archive-date=July 2, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2013 |newspaper=The Fader}} and Young Chop identified Shawty Redd, Drumma Boy, and Zaytoven as important precursors to drill. Chicago drill is traditionally characterized by synth brass and bell melodic elements, use of the crash cymbal, and busy snare drum patterns.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-15 |title=11 Songs That Define Chicago Drill, the Decade's Most Important Rap Subgenre |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2010s-drill-rap-songs/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}

UK drill production, which is commonly utilized in Brooklyn drill, is characterized by a faster BPM, 808s "slides," and more syncopated drum rhythms—including the use of a sped-up tresillo rhythm in the hi hat patterns.{{Cite web |first1=Eric |last1=Skelton |first2=Shawn |last2=Setaro |title=How Brooklyn Drill Became the New Sound of New York |url=https://www.complex.com/music/brooklyn-drill-the-new-sound-of-new-york/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Complex.com |language=en}}

Drillers tend to be young; many prominent musicians in the scene started getting attention while still in their teens.{{citation

| url = http://www.thefader.com/2012/12/12/drum-majors-four-producers-to-watch/

| title = Drum Majors: Four Producers to Watch: Paris Beuller

| first = Jordan

| last = Sargent

| magazine = The Fader

| date = December 12, 2012

| access-date = June 23, 2013

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130604014048/http://www.thefader.com/2012/12/12/drum-majors-four-producers-to-watch/

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}} One of the genre's most prominent musicians, Chief Keef, was 16 when he signed a multi-million dollar record contract with Interscope,{{cite web

| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700678/chief-keef-recording-contract.jhtml

| title = Chief Keef's Interscope Deal Revealed To Be Worth $6 Million

| first = Rob

| last = Markman

| publisher = MTV

| date = January 23, 2013

| access-date = June 21, 2013

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}} and in an extreme example, Lil Wayne co-signed the 13-year-old driller Lil Mouse.{{cite web

|url = http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/06/chief-keef-chicago-and-violence-in-hip-hop/

|title = Chief Keef, Chicago and violence in hip hop

|first = Sam

|last = Gould

|newspaper = The Independent

|date = September 6, 2012

|access-date = June 21, 2013

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131011033433/http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/06/chief-keef-chicago-and-violence-in-hip-hop/

|archive-date = October 11, 2013

}} Critics have noted drill rappers' lack of concern with metaphor or wordplay. Chief Keef said that his simplistic flow is a conscious stylistic choice: {{blockquote|"I know what I'm doing. I mastered it. And I don't even really use metaphors or punchlines. 'Cause I don't have to. But I could. ... I think that's doing too much. I'd rather just say what's going on right now. ... I don't really like metaphors or punchlines like that."{{cite web

| url = http://articles.redeyechicago.com/2012-04-28/entertainment/31452869_1_house-arrest-big-sean-jadakiss

| title = Exclusive interview: 16-year-old Chicago rapper Chief Keef

| first = Kyle

| last = Kramer

| magazine = RedEye

| publisher = Chicago Tribune

| date = April 28, 2012

| access-date = June 21, 2013

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}}}} Whet Moser of Chicago Magazine wrote that Keef's songs are "lyrically, rhythmically, and emotionally diminished, which is why they sound so airless and claustrophobic ... It's not even fatalistic, because that would imply a self-consciousness, a moral consideration, that isn't there in the lyrics. It just is, over and over again."{{cite web

| url = http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/September-2012/Coming-to-Terms-With-Chief-Keef/

| title = Coming to Terms with Chief Keef

| first = Whet

| last = Moser

| magazine = Chicago

| date = September 6, 2012

| access-date = June 21, 2013

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}} A profile on the scene in The New York Times examined the genre's aggression:

{{blockquote|"With rare exception this music is unmediated and raw and without bright spots, focused on anger and violence. The instinct is to call this tough, unforgiving and concrete-hard music joyless, but in truth it's exuberant in its darkness. Most of its practitioners are young and coming into their creative own against a backdrop of outrageous violence in Chicago, particularly among young people—dozens of teenagers have been killed in Chicago this year—and often related to gangs. (There's a long history of overlap between Chicago's gangs and Chicago's rap.) That their music is a symphony of ill-tempered threats shouldn't be a surprise."{{cite web

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/arts/music/chicago-hip-hops-raw-burst-of-change.html

| title = Chicago Hip-Hop's Raw Burst of Change

| first = Jon

| last = Caramanica

| newspaper = The New York Times

| date = October 4, 2012

| access-date = June 21, 2013

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David Drake of Complex said drill is not defined by any particular production style, but "is about the entirety of the culture: the lingo, the dances, the mentality, and the music, much of which originated in 'Dro City', a gang-defined territory of city blocks in the Woodlawn neighborhood."{{citation

| url = http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/chief-keef-online-cover-story/page/1

| title = Chief Keef: Hail To The Chief (2012 Online Cover Story)

| first = David

| last = Drake

| magazine = Complex

| date = December 17, 2012

| access-date = June 23, 2013

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| archive-date = December 21, 2012

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In street slang, "drill" means to fight or retaliate, and "can be used for anything from females getting dolled up to all out war in the streets."{{citation

| url = http://allhiphop.com/2012/08/23/its-a-drill-the-sound-that-has-music-labels-flocking-to-the-windy-city/

| title = It's a Drill!: The Sound That Has Music Labels Flocking to the Windy City

| first = Paul

| last = Meara

| magazine = AllHipHop

| date = August 23, 2012

| access-date = June 24, 2013

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}} Dro City rapper Pac Man, considered the stylistic originator and forefather of the subgenre, is credited as the first to apply the term to the local hip hop music. Pac Man's 2010 track, "It's a Drill," is the first instance of the term being connected to the genre.{{Cite web |last=Gee |first=Andre |title=How Drill Music Took Over Chicago—and Was Almost Forced Out |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/andre-gee/chicago-drill-music-rap-forced-out |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Complex |language=en-us}}

Regarding drill rappers' use of early social media, musician Naledge stated that Drill rappers "understood virality in a way that I believe goes unremarked in terms of their genius and their ability to use social media to garner large audiences".{{cite web | last=Thompson | first=Erica | title=Chief Keef's long road back to Chicago: Music industry insiders weigh in | website=Chicago Sun-Times | date=June 13, 2024 | url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2024/06/13/chief-keef-long-road-back-to-chicago-for-summer-smash-industry-insiders-weigh-in | access-date=June 27, 2024}}

Rapper Drake described the drill scene as a major vehicle of the early 2010s rise of Chicago hip hop, and described the scene as a grassroots movement that had incubated in a closed, interlocking system: on the streets and through social media in a network of clubs and parties and amongst high schools. Drill developed on the South Side of Chicago, in the midst of escalating violence and a homicide crisis. Mark Guarino wrote for Salon that the music grew during "a shift from historic feuding between monolithic crime organizations controlling thousands of members each to intrapersonal squabbling and retaliatory conflicts among smaller hybrid groups whose control extends just a few blocks... The toughened reality of living in these neighborhoods is what shaped Drill music."{{citation

| url = http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/raps_killer_new_rhymes/

| title = Rap's killer new rhymes

| first = Mark

| last = Guarino

| magazine = Salon

| date = December 18, 2012

| access-date = June 23, 2013

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}} In the drill scene, rap conflict and gang conflict overlap, and many of the young rappers come from backgrounds with experience of violence.{{cite web

| url = http://www.complex.com/music/2012/09/trying-to-make-sense-of-chief-keef-and-the-chaos-in-chicago/page/2

| title = Trying To Make Sense of Chief Keef and the Chaos in Chicago

| first = David

| last = Drake

| author2 = Turner, David

| magazine = Complex

| date = September 17, 2012

| access-date = June 23, 2013

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130103014555/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/09/trying-to-make-sense-of-chief-keef-and-the-chaos-in-chicago/page/2

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}} The Independent{{'}}s Sam Gould wrote that Chief Keef "represents both a scary strain of current hip hop culture and a seriously alienated group within American society."

YouTube was a platform for many drill rappers to release their music videos on, and ultimately significantly contributed to the genre's popularity.{{citation

| url = https://www.complex.com/music/chicago-drill-music-rap-forced-out

| title = How Drill Music Took Over Chicago—and Was Almost Forced Out

| first = Andre

| last = Gee

| magazine = Complex

| date = June 10, 2021

| access-date = July 28, 2022

}} Chief Keef is considered the primary progenitor and popularizer of drill music, responsible for bringing it to the mainstream. In 2011 and 2012, he recorded multiple singles, including "Love Sosa", "I Don{{'}}t Like" and "Bang", which became viral hits, and was subsequently offered a deal from Interscope Records.{{citation

| url = https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130123/englewood/chief-keef-record-deal-is-6-million-over-3-years/

| title = Exclusive Details of Rapper Chief Keef's $6 Million Record Deal

| first = David

| last = Konkol

| magazine = DNAinfo

| date = January 23, 2013

| access-date = July 28, 2022

| archive-date = August 18, 2022

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}} Around the same time, King Louie, another drill rapper, was given a record deal from Epic Records.{{citation

| url = https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2010s-drill-rap-songs/

| title = 11 Songs That Define Chicago Drill, the Decade's Most Important Rap Subgenre

| first = Alphonse

| last = Pierre

| magazine = Pitchfork

| date = October 15, 2019

| access-date = July 28, 2022

}}

By late 2012, rappers from other scenes and hip hop stars like Kanye West, Drake and Rick Ross were collaborating with drill musicians.{{citation

| url = http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/industry-or-in-these-streets-when-superstars-meet-chicago-rap/page/1

| title = Industry or In These Streets: When Superstars Meet Chicago's New Rap Scene

| first = David

| last = Drake

| magazine = Complex

| date = October 12, 2012

| access-date = June 23, 2013

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017135742/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/industry-or-in-these-streets-when-superstars-meet-chicago-rap/page/1

| archive-date = October 17, 2012

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}} Kanye West remixed "I Don't Like" for the 2012 GOOD Music compilation Cruel Summer as "Don't Like", with features from West, Chief Keef, Pusha T, Big Sean and Jadakiss. West cited drill as an influence on his 2013 album Yeezus,{{citation

| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/arts/music/kanye-west-talks-about-his-career-and-album-yeezus.html?pagewanted=all

| title=Behind Kanye's Mask

| first=Jon

| last=Caramanica

| newspaper=The New York Times

| date=June 11, 2013

| access-date=June 17, 2013

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}} and Chief Keef and King Louie had vocals featured on the album.{{citation

| url = http://www.complex.com/music/2013/06/a-guide-to-king-l/

| title = King Louie Guide

| first = David

| last = Drake

| newspaper = Complex

| date = June 12, 2013

| access-date = June 17, 2013

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130616111122/http://www.complex.com/music/2013/06/a-guide-to-king-l/

| archive-date = June 16, 2013

| url-status = live

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New Jersey DJ Akademiks's commentary YouTube channel 'War in Chiraq' played a significant role in presenting the early Chicago drill scene to a wider audience. It had a quarter million subscribers and 94 million views in its first two years.Williams, J. (2022, February 18). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rap-drill-music-america-racial-problem-juan-williams Rap and drill music is part of America’s racial problem. Fox News.] Akademiks is quoted saying "I’ve done a lot to create narratives and help rappers themselves."Hip-Hop Culture Without Boundaries. (2022, September 28). [https://allhiphop.com/news/chief-keef-reacts-to-dj-akademiks-claiming-he-made-his-career/ Chief Keef reacts to DJ Akademiks claiming he made his career. AllHipHop. ]

Videographer A Zae Production was of the leading videographers on the early drill scene.{{cite web | title=A Zae Production | website=FLAUNT | date=August 23, 2024 | url=https://www.flaunt.com/blog/a-zae-production | access-date=August 29, 2024}} Videographer ZackTV also played a significant role in the exposure of Chicago's early drill scene to a wider audience. The YouTube interviews he conducted includes coverage such as Chief Keef's first on-camera interview, along with interviews with artists such as L'A Capone and RondoNumbaNine. ZackTV's work also sparked a media niche of intimate on-scene video journalism of the Chicago gangland culture behind the drill music, which had not been done before at the time.Kaufman, G. (2018, May 30). [https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/zack-stoner-dies-zacktv1-founder-shot-8458514/ ZackTV1 Founder Zack Stoner Shot, Killed in Chicago. Billboard.]2022 November 3. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/03/zacktv-zachary-stoner-killing-chicago/8258606001/ A Chicago journalist was killed but no one was prosecuted. Court docs show the case may have been solved. Associated Press.]Tarm, M. (2019, May 30). [https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-chicago-gangland-journalist-killed-20190530-story.html YouTube’s ‘ZackTV’ founder chronicled Chicago gang life, but it caught up with him] Los Angeles Times. ZackTV was considered a mentor by other gangland reporters in that niche around the country.Tarm, M. (2019, April 18). [https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/3/4/18444483/slaying-of-zacktv-unnerves-chicago-gangland-reporters Slaying of ZackTV unnerves Chicago gangland reporters - Chicago Sun-Times.]

Drill's subject matter strongly contrasts with that of earlier Chicago rappers such as Kid Sister, Lupe Fiasco, Psalm One, Rhymefest, and The Cool Kids.

Older Chicago rappers have been mixed in their reaction to drill's popularity and violence. In a radio interview, rapper Lupe Fiasco said "Chief Keef scares me. Not him specifically, but just the culture that he represents ... The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing, and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it—they all look like Chief Keef." After Chief Keef threatened Fiasco on Twitter, Fiasco said he was considering quitting the music scene. Rhymefest tweeted that drill is "the theme music to murder."{{citation

| url = http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chief-keef-might-be-a-solution-to-chicago-violence/Content?oid=7521203

| title = Chief Keef: Chicago's most promising antihero

| first = Leor

| last = Galil

| newspaper = Chicago Reader

| date = September 26, 2012

| access-date = June 23, 2013

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Chief Keef's debut album, "Finally Rich", released on Interscope Records in late 2012, was subsequently described as a "classic" album in the genre.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-07 |title=Chief Keef, 'Finally Rich' (2012) |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/-40803/chief-keef-finally-rich-2012-40973/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Rolling Stone Australia |language=en-AU}}October 25, 2017. [https://kollegekidd.com/news/juelz-santana-says-chief-keefs-finally-rich-is-a-classic Juelz Santana Says Chief Keef's 'Finally Rich' Is A 'Classic.'] KollegeKidd.Com. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728160826/https://kollegekidd.com/news/juelz-santana-says-chief-keefs-finally-rich-is-a-classic/ |date=July 28, 2022 }}{{Cite web |last=Perrington-Turner |first=Kevin |date=2019-08-13 |title=Good or Classic? Finally Rich, Chief Keef |url=https://thessn.home.blog/2019/08/13/good-or-classic-finally-rich-chief-keef/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=The SSN Blog |language=en}} Despite the warm critique, "Finally Rich" sold an underwhelming 50,000 units, which resulted in record labels subsequently losing interest in drill, deeming it a "fad".

{{Main|UK drill}}

While Chicago drill rap saw a decline in mainstream popularity after 2012, a new scene was emerging in the UK and by the late-2010s was gaining mainstream popularity, spreading across Europe, influencing the creation of drill scenes around the continent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/uk-drill-chicago-chief-keef-am-skengdo-67-pitbulls-terms-and-conditions-2611268|title=Move over, Chicago: how the UK made drill its own|date=February 25, 2020|website=NME|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-15}} UK drill{{Cite news |title=Get Familiar with UK Drill, the New Sound Exploding on the Streets of London |url=http://pigeonsandplanes.com/in-depth/2018/01/uk-drill-sl-harlem-spartans-67-essay |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319090713/http://pigeonsandplanes.com/in-depth/2018/01/uk-drill-sl-harlem-spartans-67-essay |archive-date=March 19, 2018 |access-date=2018-03-18 |work=PigeonsandPlanes}}{{Cite news |date=April 25, 2017 |title=Inside UK Drill, London's Hyper-Local DIY Sound |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/35706/1/uk-drill-artists-and-crews |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309135634/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/35706/1/uk-drill-artists-and-crews |archive-date=March 9, 2018 |access-date=2018-03-19 |work=Dazed}}{{Cite news |date=April 27, 2017 |title=Kantaiboy - Kantaiiboi Rap Drill: The Surprising Rise of TH Drill |url=https://www.music.apple.com/th/album/kantaiiboi-single/1697307244 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219224405/https://music.apple.com/th/album/kantaiiboi-single/1697307244 |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=2018-03-19 |work=Fact Magazine}} is a subgenre of drill music and road rap that originated in the South London district of Brixton from 2012 onwards. Borrowing heavily from the style of Chicago drill music, UK drill artists often rap about violent and hedonistic criminal lifestyles.{{Cite news |title=67 Interview: 'This Is Not a Gang. This Is a Brand' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/67-interview-this-is-not-a-gang-this-is-a-logo-this-is-a-company-this-is-a-brand-a3620276.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319090523/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/67-interview-this-is-not-a-gang-this-is-a-logo-this-is-a-company-this-is-a-brand-a3620276.html |archive-date=March 19, 2018 |access-date=2018-03-19 |work=London Evening Standard}} Typically, those who create this style of music are affiliated with gangs or come from socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods where crime is a way of life for many.

The Guardian writes that "Born in Chicago, a city whose working-class black population, like London’s, has arguably been left to fend for itself and descended into violence, drill was initially a cold, bombastic style of gangsta rap. Its biggest breakout star was arguably Chief Keef, famous for his 2012 track I Don’t Like. The style filtered over to the UK, and was picked up by a young generation MCs keen to define themselves away from the grime of an older generation. While other corners of black British music have explored African pop and dancehall, resulting in the lascivious and relatively carefree “afro-swing” and “afro-trap” styles, drill has looked to the US, and the tales of violence that have been a feature of rap there since the 90s."

UK drill music is closely related to road rap, a British style of gangsta rap that became popular in the years prior to the existence of drill.{{Cite news |date=June 14, 2017 |title=Don't Call It Road Rap: When Drill, UK Accents and Street Life Collide |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/uk-gangsta-drill-road-rap-67-section-boyz-giggs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319084907/https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/gypwa7/uk-gangsta-drill-road-rap-67-section-boyz-giggs |archive-date=March 19, 2018 |access-date=2018-03-19 |publisher=Noisey}} Musically, UK drill often exhibits violent language and provocative lyrics. UK drill music evolved its own distinct style of production compared to Chicago drill with UK drill group 67 often credited for shifting the sound away from the Chicago influences it seemed to heavily draw inspiration from in its early days and foundation and for forming a more homegrown sound,{{Cite news|title=UK drill FAQ: History, facts & future of the rap genre|work=Red Bull|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/uk-drill-FAQ-history-artists-and-future|url-status=live|access-date=March 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806213411/https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/uk-drill-FAQ-history-artists-and-future|archive-date=August 6, 2019}} with LD – a member of 67 – being named as the godfather of UK drill.{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/ld-whos-watching|title=LD Claims 'Godfather Of Drill' Title With New Album 'Who's Watching'|first=James|last=Keith|date=February 26, 2021|publisher=Complex Networks|access-date=January 18, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitalxtra.com/features/uk-drill-name-change-genre-us-comparison/|title=UK Drill: Should the rap genre change its name?|website=Capital XTRA|language=en|access-date=2020-04-15}}

{{Main|Brooklyn drill}}

The mid-2010s saw the emergence of Chicago-influenced Brooklyn drill artists such as Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel, while the late 2010s saw the emergence of new prominent drill artists from Brooklyn such as Pop Smoke, Sheff G, Fivio Foreign, Sleepy Hallow and 22Gz.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/youre-not-paying-attention-to-new-yorks-most-exciting-new-rap-scene/|title=You're Not Paying Attention to New York's Most Exciting New Rap Scene|last=Pierre|first=Alphonse|date=August 4, 2017|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214222246/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/zmxb93/youre-not-paying-attention-to-new-yorks-most-exciting-new-rap-scene|archive-date=2019-12-14|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/arts/music/pop-smoke-rap.html|title=The Rapid Rise of Pop Smoke, Brooklyn Rap's Homecoming King|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=September 6, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-14|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214182419/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/arts/music/pop-smoke-rap.html|archive-date=2019-12-14|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Fetty Luciano Is Carrying the Torch for GS9|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/11/fetty-luciano-interview|access-date=2020-08-25|website=Complex|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/levels/sheff-g-made-drill-the-sound-of-brooklyn/|title=Sheff G Made Drill the Sound of Brooklyn|website=Pitchfork|date=May 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807011410/https://pitchfork.com/levels/sheff-g-made-drill-the-sound-of-brooklyn/|archive-date=2019-08-07|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=22Gz, a Pioneer of Brooklyn Drill|url=https://www.complex.com/music/22gz-interview-brooklyn-drill|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Complex|language=en}}{{Cite web|author=Lisa Respers France|title=Nick Blixky, an up and coming rapper, killed at 21|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/entertainment/nick-blixky-shot-killed/index.html|access-date=2020-12-17|website=CNN|date=May 11, 2020 }}

Later Brooklyn drill production is heavily influenced by UK drill (the latter of which brings production influences from grime and UK garage){{Cite web|date=March 17, 2020|title=Remembering Pop Smoke, the US rapper who introduced the UK drill sound to New York|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pop-smoke-death-shooting-rapper-hip-hop-drill-music-new-york-age-cause-a9358366.html|access-date=2020-10-27|website=The Independent|language=en}} with artists such as Fivio Foreign, Sheff G, Smoove'L, Bizzy Banks, 22Gz, and Pop Smoke collaborating with UK drill producers such as 808Melo, Yamaica Productions, Yoz Beats, Tommyprime and AXL Beats.{{Cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/pop-smoke-final-interview-uk-drill/|title=Pop Smoke Shouted Out The UK's Top Drill Producers In His Final Interview|date=February 24, 2020|website=Uproxx|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-03}}{{Cite web|title=UK Drill: Should the rap genre change its name?|url=https://www.capitalxtra.com/features/uk-drill-name-change-genre-us-comparison/|website=Capital XTRA|access-date=2020-04-15}}{{Cite news|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|date=June 30, 2020|title=Pop Smoke Took Brooklyn Drill Global. Fivio Foreign Is Carrying the Torch.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/arts/music/fivio-foreign-big-drip-brooklyn-drill.html|access-date=2020-08-25|issn=0362-4331}} Pop Smoke's song "Welcome to the Party", produced by 808Melo was a prominent release in 2019 and saw remixes from Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill and British MC Skepta.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/sheff-g-quietly-ushered-in-brooklyns-drill-movement-and-now-hes-ready-for-his-time-news.92714.html|title=Sheff G Quietly Ushered In Brooklyn's Drill Movement & Now He's Ready For His Time|website=HotNewHipHop|date=October 9, 2019|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018185036/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/sheff-g-quietly-ushered-in-brooklyns-drill-movement-and-now-hes-ready-for-his-time-news.92714.html|archive-date=2019-10-18|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://i-d.co/article/pop-smoke-drill-inerview-the-get-up-stand-up-issue/|title=Is Pop Smoke the new king of New York?|last=Boparai|first=Danil|date=December 10, 2019|website=i-D|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212040008/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/ne8aab/pop-smoke-drill-inerview-the-get-up-stand-up-issue|archive-date=2019-12-12|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pop-smoke-meet-the-woo/|title=Pop Smoke: Meet the Woo Vol. 1|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214222300/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pop-smoke-meet-the-woo/|archive-date=2019-12-14|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=How Brooklyn Drill Became the New Sound of New York|url=https://story.complex.com/brooklyn-drill-the-new-sound-of-new-york|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Complex.com|language=en|archive-date=September 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915222946/http://story.complex.com/brooklyn-drill-the-new-sound-of-new-york/|url-status=dead}} Sheff G's "No Suburban" (released in 2017) and 22Gz's "Suburban" (released in 2016) have been credited for bringing attention to later Brooklyn drill.

{{See also|List of murdered hip hop musicians}}

New York drill artists who were victims of violence include TDott Woo,{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2022 |title=Rapper TDott Woo fatally shot in Brooklyn after signing with record label |url=https://nypost.com/2022/02/03/nyc-rapper-tdott-woo-fatally-shot-in-brooklyn-after-signing-with-record-label/}} Pop Smoke, 18-year old Chii Wvttz,{{Cite web |date=February 7, 2022 |title=Drill rapper killed in Brooklyn, 2nd in a week |url=https://www.fox5ny.com/news/drill-rapper-killed-in-brooklyn-2nd-in-a-week |website=Fox 5 NY}} 14-year old Notti Osama,{{Cite web |last=Pierre |first=Alphonse |date=2022-10-21 |title=The Exploitation of New York Drill Hits a Disturbing New Low |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/the-exploitation-of-new-york-drill-hits-a-disturbing-new-low/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} 17-year old Jordany Aracena,{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=Bronx teen drill rapper, gunned down by five ski-masked killers, likely targeted over song lyrics: NYPD source |url=https://www.yahoo.com/video/bronx-teen-drill-rapper-gunned-215100220.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.nydailynews.com |language=en-US}} Nick Blixky,{{Cite web |date=2020-05-11 |title=Rapper Nick Blixky shot dead in Brooklyn, cops probing possible connection to Pop Smoke slaying |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2020/05/11/rapper-nick-blixky-shot-dead-in-brooklyn-cops-probing-possible-connection-to-pop-smoke-slaying/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}} Lil Tjay,{{Cite web |date=2022-06-23 |title=Rapper Lil Tjay shot multiple times in New Jersey, officials say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rapper-lil-tjay-shot-multiple-armed-robbery-attempt-new-jersey-officia-rcna34742 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=NBC News |language=en}} and Nas Blixky{{Cite web |last=Heching |first=Dan |date=February 3, 2022 |title=N.Y.C. Rapper Tdott Woo Fatally Shot in Brooklyn Hours After Signing Record Contract |url=https://people.com/crime/nyc-rapper-tdott-woo-fatally-shot-in-brooklyn-hours-after-signing-record-contract/ |website=People}} (the latter two surviving the shootings against them). New York drill rappers charged with violent and gang related crimes include Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow,{{Cite web |last=Santia |first=Marc |date=2023-05-16 |title=NYC Rappers Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow Arrested in Brooklyn Gang Bust |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-rappers-sheff-g-and-sleepy-hallow-arrested-in-brooklyn-gang-bust/4338346/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=NBC New York |language=en-US}} C Blu,{{Cite web |date=2022-02-06 |title=NYC drill rap music scene eyed by NYPD as fuel for spate of gun violence |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2022/02/06/nyc-drill-rap-music-scene-eyed-by-nypd-as-fuel-for-spate-of-gun-violence/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}} Kay Flock, Nay Benz,{{Cite web |last=Shivonne |first=Adeja |date=2024-08-03 |title=Who is Nay Benz? The teenage female drill rapper, Bronx 'gang leader' arrested in NYPD takedown |url=https://www.fox5ny.com/news/who-is-nay-benz-drill-rapper-leader-slattery-gang |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=FOX 5 NY |language=en-US}} and Sha EK.{{Cite web |title=Melrose drill rapper Sha EK arrested, charged in July shooting |url=https://bronx.news12.com/melrose-drill-rapper-sha-ek-arrested-charged-in-july-shooting |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=News 12 - Default}} The 2020's spate of gang violence and the rise of drill rap in New York City led some authorities, including New York City mayor Eric Adams,{{Cite web |title=NYC Mayor Eric Adams clarifies criticism of drill music after meeting with rappers |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-clarifies-criticism-drill-music/story?id=82929870 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ABC News |language=en}} officers with the New York City Police Department, and Brooklyn district attorney Eric Gonzalez, to view drill rap as fuel for New York City's gang violence. District Attorney Gonzalez stated in 2022 that there were "a number of shootings in Brooklyn recently that are directly related to drill ... These drill rap videos are causing young people to lose their lives. It's not that the music is the cause of the violence, but it's fueling the desire to retaliate".{{Cite web |date=2022-02-09 |title=Drill rap shootings |url=https://www.fox5ny.com/video/1032665 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Fox 5 New York |language=en-US}} Brandon Terry, an associate professor of social sciences at Harvard University, commented that "Elected officials like Mayor Eric Adams in New York have described drill music as a kind of devilish bargain, where music industry executives and social media companies accelerate and commodify gang violence for profit". In September 2022, the NYPD ordered the removal of local drill artists from the Rolling Loud festival, due to concerns of public safety and fears that the rappers would incite violence, which led to criticism from labels such as Warner Records, who said they believed mentorship for their artists was key in keeping them from crime.

Erik Nielson, co-author of the 2019 book "Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America" told ABC News that drill music’s "primary connection to violence is artistic and creative" and that the music provides for rappers "a way out of the violent neighborhoods that they chronicle." Jabari Evans, a professor of race and media at the University of South Carolina, noted that drill artists have a right to self-expression, stating "it's easy to make drill a scapegoat," but that "in reality, the situations, the spaces, places, and problems that existed in certain communities existed far before drill". Prominent New York drill rapper Fivio Foreign stated in defense of the genre, "It’s not the music that’s killing people, it’s the music that’s helping n----- from the hood get out the hood".{{Cite web |date=2022-02-08 |title=Fivio Foreign Talks Importance of Drill Music |url=https://www.tmz.com/2022/02/08/fivio-foreign-drill-music-importance/?adid=social-twa |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=TMZ |language=en}}

Jonathan Ilan, senior lecturer of sociology at London’s City University, argued against censuring UK drill, writing in The British Journal of Criminology that drill rappers exaggerate and fabricate violence in their lyrics. He wrote that "This is not to deny that crime and violence take place involving drillers as either victims or perpetrators – rather, it emphasises not to view the violence as directly related to, caused by or evidenced by the music". He further stated that efforts to criminalise drill marginalised communities, "ultimately exacerbating the conditions which lead to urban violence in the first place".{{Cite journal |last=Ilan |first=J. |date=2020-07-01 |title=Digital Street Culture Decoded: Why Criminalizing Drill Music is Street Illiterate and Counterproductive |url=https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/23519/ |journal=The British Journal of Criminology |language=en |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=994–1013 |doi=10.1093/bjc/azz086 |issn=0007-0955}} American professor of sociology at Stanford, Forrest Stuart, made similar remarks, cautioning that "villainizing drill music gives the carceral system ammunition against young Black men", such as authorities issuing additional criminal charges against rappers for having replica guns in a video.

Drill has been criticized by rappers such as Lupe Fiasco and Dee-1, the latter stating in a public forum about drill music, "As a consumer, you have the choice to literally support whatever it is that you would like to see more of ... If you truly want to see your conditions change, as an artist you have a choice to say, 'I might have to sacrifice some popularity or some paper for the sake of putting out content that is actually progressive and conducive to a better world around us.'"

Some rappers noticed that their music received more attention and streams from hip-hop fans after incorporating disses against deceased rivals into their music, and some drill music has gone viral after incorporating such disses. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that teen drill rappers in Philadelphia "fueled by the pursuit of fame and money ... came to believe the formula to success was to dis the dead. Shocking lyrics about violence, they learned, drew hundreds of thousands — sometimes millions — of listeners to their songs". In some cases, the rappers did not know or had never met the rivals that they dissed. Several progenitors of drill, including rappers Lil Durk, and Chief Keef, have distanced themselves from or have discouraged the practice of dissing deceased rivals in drill music.{{Cite web |last=Ankrah |first=Veracia |date=2021-01-08 |title=Chief Keef Has Moved On From Tooka Beef |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/321109-chief-keef-has-moved-on-from-tooka-beef-news |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}

In response to deaths and crime arising out of the New York drill scene,

in early 2022 a number of prominent New York DJs and music influencers, including DJ Drewski at Hot 97, Joe Budden, Ebro Darden of "Ebro in the Morning" on Hot 97, D Teck, and

Power 105.1's DJ Gabe P either vowed to stop playing drill and diss records or re-iterated their refusal to play such content.{{Cite web |title=Hot 97's DJ Drewski Will No Longer Play Gang Music: 'We R Losing Too Many Young Men and Women to the Streets' |url=https://www.complex.com/music/hot-97-dj-drewski-vows-not-to-play-diss-gang-music-on-radio |website=Complex Networks}}{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2022 |title=Hot 97's DJ Drewski Pulls Plug On Gang Diss Music Following Tdott Woo + Nas Blixky Shootings |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.67734/title.hot-97s-dj-drewski-pulls-plug-on-gang-diss-music-following-tdott-woo-nas-blixky-shootings |website=HipHopDX}}{{Cite web |title=Why Violent Diss Songs Are Getting Pulled From New York Radio |url=https://www.complex.com/music/violent-diss-songs-pulled-new-york-radio/ |website=Complex}}

Some mothers of victims dissed in drill songs have publicly commented about feeling frustration and pain after hearing their sons being disrespected in drill songs, and some have called for an end to the violence and justice for their sons.{{Cite web |title=Tooka's Mother Calls Out Rappers Who Continue to Diss Her... |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/cmplxjoshua-espinoza/tookas-mother-addresses-rappers-who-are-disrespecting-late-son-in-music |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Complex |language=en}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb6XVex0PFk |title=Mothers of Your Favorite Drill Rappers Come Together and Demand Peace (Tooka, FBG Duck, Lil Mister) |date=2020-11-30 |last=Drea O Show |access-date=2025-03-19 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-16 |title=Mum fears rapper could gain status over murder lyrics |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cy48p533d12o |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=Lawsuit alleges Chicago rapper Lil Durk's involvement in Gold Coast shooting that killed FBG Duck |url=https://abc7chicago.com/post/mother-chicago-rapper-fbg-duck-gunned-down-2020-files-lawsuit-alleging-lil-durks-involvement-gold-coast-shooting/15409661/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=ABC7 Chicago |language=en}} These include the mother of Shondale "Tooka" Gregory, a Chicago teen and alleged member of the Gangster Disciples who was killed in 2011, and was subsequently mocked in the music of rappers Chief Keef, Lil Durk, and King Von. Gregory's mother said, "Why? That’s all I have to ask them. What has my son done to y'all to make y'all disrespect him like this? Every song they make has got, 'We smokin' on Tooka' ... You know how long my son has been gone? Since 2011. This is 2022 and he's still a trending topic".{{Cite web |last=Zidel |first=Alex |date=2020-12-01 |title=Tooka's Mother Tearfully Asks For "Smoking On Tooka" Meme To End |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/308976-tookas-mother-tearfully-asks-for-smoking-on-tooka-meme-to-end-news |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}

Some French drill artists such as Freeze Corleone have been in trouble (concerts cancelled,{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2022-09-22 |title=New York Drill Rappers Say They Were Removed From Rolling Loud Festival |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/arts/music/rolling-loud-festival-drill-rappers-removed.html |access-date=2023-09-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-28 |title=Nantes : le concert de Freeze Corleone bel et bien annulé, confirme le tribunal administratif |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/nantes/nantes-le-concert-de-freeze-corleone-bel-et-bien-annule-confirme-le-tribunal-administratif-20240228 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}} restricted distribution{{Cite web |last=Mouv' |first=Team |date=2020-09-01 |title=Freeze Corleone : son album a été retiré du site Fnac, il réagit |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/mouv/freeze-corleone-son-album-a-ete-retire-du-site-fnac-il-reagit-3150396 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Mouv' |language=fr}}) due to their postions towards slavery, Jews,{{Cite web |last=Didier |first=Paul |date=2020-09-17 |title="Rien à foutre de la Shoah" : voyage dans l'antisémitisme obsessionnel du rappeur Freeze Corleone |url=https://www.marianne.net/agora/humeurs/rien-foutre-de-la-shoah-voyage-dans-l-antisemitisme-obsessionnel-du-rappeur-freeze |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.marianne.net |language=fr}} geopolitical conflicts, terrorism, pedophils,{{Cite web |last=Rédaction |first=La |date=2023-09-11 |title=Nouvelle polémique pour Freeze Corleone : qui est le rappeur qui s'en prend à Pierre Palmade et Jack Lang ? |url=https://www.linternaute.com/musique/biographie/2515797-nouvelle-polemique-pour-freeze-corleone-qui-est-le-rappeur/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.linternaute.com |language=fr}} complotism, sexism and politics.{{Cite web |last=Mouv' |first=Team |date=2020-09-17 |title=Freeze Corleone accusé d'antisémitisme par la LICRA et Gérald Darmanin |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/mouv/freeze-corleone-accuse-d-antisemitisme-par-la-licra-et-gerald-darmanin-2985818 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Mouv' |language=fr}}

The 2023 We TV drama series Kold x Windy revolves around two women, played by Sh’Kia Augustin and Nijah Brenea, trying to make it in the violent world of Chicago drill music.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-09 |title=WE TV Drops Supertease for Kold x Windy Premiering Thursday, January 5 at 10PM ET |url=https://www.amcnetworks.com/press-releases/we-tv-drops-supertease-for-kold-x-windy-premiering-thursday-January-5-at-10pm-et/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |language=en-US}}

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• Gangs in Chicago
• Diss song
• Answer song
• List of diss tracks
• Martial music
• Murder ballad
• War song
• War poetry
• Battle rap
• Flyting
• Dozens (game)
• Death poetry
• 2010s in music
• 2020s in music
• Music censorship

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• {{cite book | last=Evans | first=Jabari M. | title=Drill Rap, Sex Work, and the Digital Underground | publisher=Lexington books | publication-place=Lanham (Md.) | date=2024-10-15 | isbn=978-1-6669-0997-5 | page=}}
• {{cite book |last1=Stuart |first1=Forrest |title=Ballad of the Bullet: Gangs, Drill Music, and the Power of Online Infamy |date=2020 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-20008-8 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Ilan |first1=Jonathan |title=Digital Street Culture Decoded: Why criminalizing drill music is Street Illiterate and Counterproductive |journal=The British Journal of Criminology |date=23 June 2020 |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=994–1013 |doi=10.1093/bjc/azz086 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Lynes |first1=Adam |last2=Kelly |first2=Craig |last3=Kelly |first3=Emma |title=THUG LIFE: Drill music as a periscope into urban violence in the consumer age |journal=The British Journal of Criminology |date=August 2020 |volume=60 |issue=5 |pages=1201–1219 |doi=10.1093/bjc/azaa011 }}
• {{cite book |doi=10.51952/9781529225600.ch006 |chapter=The Road, in Court: How UK Drill Music Became a Criminal Offence |title=Exploring Urban Youth Culture Outside of the Gang Paradigm |date=2023 |last1=Fatsis |first1=Lambros |pages=100–114 |isbn=978-1-5292-2560-0 |chapter-url=https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/31392/3/LFatsis_Chapter%20%28The%20Road%20In%20Court%29.pdf }}
• {{cite report |type=Preprint |last1=Kleinberg |first1=Bennett |last2=McFarlane |first2=Paul |title=Violent music vs violence and music: Drill rap and violent crime in London |date=2020 |arxiv=2004.04598 }}
• {{cite book |doi=10.1093/oso/9780197692677.003.0002 |chapter=Beat(s) for Blame |title=Music for Inclusion and Healing in Schools and Beyond |date=2023 |last1=Fatsis |first1=Lambros |pages=19–36 |isbn=978-0-19-769267-7 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Schwarze |first1=Tilman |last2=Fatsis |first2=Lambros |title=Copping the blame: the role of YouTube videos in the criminalisation of UK drill music |journal=Popular Music |date=December 2022 |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=463–480 |doi=10.1017/S0261143022000563 }}
• {{Citation |title=Kantaiiboi - Single by Kantaiboy on Apple Music |date=2023-07-14 |url=https://music.apple.com/th/album/kantaiiboi-single/1697307244 |access-date=2023-12-19 |language=en-GB}}

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