Although drill music has become a popular subgenre of hip-hop, its success has brought huge amounts of controversy. This was exemplified by a Thursday report that at least three drill music rappers ...

Here are explanations for some of the more rogue genres on Spotify Wrapped 2025. On a scale from totally normal to what the ...

The early sounds of Chicago drill felt like a bit of controlled chaos, at least compared to what was to come. L’A Capone and RondoNumbaNine’s “Play for Keeps” marked a trend of young rappers bringing ...

Is Drill Music Getting A Bad Rap? That is the million dollar question as the music genre is plagued by controversy. In the last few years, we have seen the dramatic rise of Drill Rap music. The rap ...

Composer Nicholas Britell recalls receiving an audio message from director and writer Barry Jenkins with no words or description to accompany it, just a drilling sound. “He didn’t even need to say to ...

The UK rap-scene has been evolving in recent years, taking inspiration from its US counterpart. Drill - a controversial subgenre of rap music - has grown in popularity in the UK, particularly London.

In the 2010s when the Altè guys DRB Lasgidi, Santi, Odunsi The Engine and Co came into the mainstream, the new sound and culture they heralded received a few backlash and criticisms. Does Drill Music ...

In an off-topic Q&A following a Friday press conference on pay raises for essential gig workers, a reporter asked New York City Mayor Eric Adams for his thoughts on the relationship between the city's ...

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After a nearly 15-year run, it might be time to get some R.I.P. t-shirts printed up for drill music. And the arrest of Lil Durk, inarguably one of the biggest artists in the subgenre, might be the ...

When the news broke in February that 18-year-old Jayquan McKenley, who recorded under the name Chii Wvttz, had been murdered in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, it sent ripples through a ...