Despite punitive police measures and negative press coverage, the rap genre continues to be immensely popular. Here's some basic information you need to know before engaging in the debate. To ...

Editor's Note: This story was originally published in September 2021 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. From the self-proclaimed "Queen of Drill" Ivorian Doll clapping back against targeted ...

Since it first trickled over from Chicago in the mid-2010s, drill has grown in unimaginable ways. Starting as a niche South London sound, with its eerie, 808s-loaded beats and just as if not more ...

In January of this year I was filed into a cramped room in Portcullis House, Westminster. A government minister was responding to questions about serious youth violence. “Should we blunt the ends of ...

Drake has always dipped into subcultures for inspiration, but the UK scene has a specific resonance with his Canadian roots. Both American hip-hop and British grime descend from Jamaican dancehall, ...

The prominent UK drill crew 67 has shared open letter with The Fader to address the recent and widespread slandering of the group's musical genre. In the letter, written by 67 crew member Dimzy, the ...

I'm a UK based film director and photographer and teamed up with Gigwise to curate this Drill Playlist. With artists such as Section Boyz and 67 on the forefront pushing this genre with hard hitting ...

Over the latter half of the 2010s, drill became a rap’s most popular sub-genre. Many still argue about whether it was the UK or US that catapulted the genre to mainstream success, and of course it’s ...

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

In the past year, UK drill has burst out of its largely London-centric confines. But the genre is still young, and we’re seeing its sound continue to blossom. As 2020 gets underway, artists at the ...

We think of the UK’s cultural exports along the Harrods airport concession model, but rappers are also doing their bit. By Josiah Gogarty Squint, and it looks like a map of the European Economic ...