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 ...

Ademola Adedeji was sentenced to eight years in jail on conspiracy charges. MANCHESTER -- Ademola Adedeji had a place secured to study law at a top university in England. As part of a charity ...

Prior to the end of last month, it’d been almost four years since Lupe Fiasco released an album. His last project came back in 2018 with Drogas Wave. That project arrived with 24 songs and multiple ...

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 ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ rapper son is at odds with his dad over drill rap, saying in a recent interview it was “outrageous” for Hizzoner to call for a ban on the violence-glorifying genre. Speaking to ...

Jacksonville’s drill rap scene is not what it was five or six years ago. And that’s a good thing. Drill music, a subgenre of hip-hop, originated in Chicago in the early 2010s during violent gang wars ...

Ahead of his upcoming album, Drill Music In Zion, Lupe Fiasco has revealed the album’s title track. Contrary to its title, “Drill Music In Zion” features Fiasco delivering his brand of conscious rap ...

Aspiring rappers are said to be incriminating themselves on drill rap songs, and police are using the lyrics as evidence for indictments. On Thursday, April 7, 20 people, including four teenagers, ...

The Jacksonville Sheriff made it clear that Yungeen Ace is no longer welcome, citing concerns over drill music’s influence on local violence. Yungeen Ace is not welcome in Jacksonville after Sheriff T ...

Lupe Fiasco has announced his forthcoming album Drill Music in Zion will drop next month on June 24, and shared the album’s lead single “Autoboto” featuring Nayirah. The new track—which comes after ...

Pop Smoke wasn't the pioneer of the rising hip-hop sub-genre known as Brooklyn drill music, but he is definitely responsible for helping push the fledgling brand of rap music into the mainstream. A ...

A man convicted of murder in London was taken back into custody after a report emerged that he was anonymously making drill rap music. The victim’s family worries his music could bring him more fame.