Euro 2024 quarter-finals: Your pre and post-match playlists, curated by Cristale
Ahead of England’s Euro 2024 quarter-finals game tomorrow, South London rapper Cristale curates two playlists to guide us through the adrenaline highs and post-match unwind.
Podcast: Drill politics with Ciaran Thapar & AM
AM is joined by youth worker and journalist Ciaran Thapar to talk about the streets, schools and scenes that birthed a genre
Listen to a Crack podcast on the politics of UK drill
The podcast version of our Supporters Talk with Brixton drill star AM and journalist Ciaran Thapar is now available to stream and download
Ghanaian Drill – Mixed by Juls
The London-based producer compiles a mix of hip-hop and drill by Ghanaian artists such as M3nsa, M.anifest and Yaw Tog
Tune into a conversation with UK drill star AM and journalist Ciaran Thapar
The connections between UK drill, youth violence and government censorship are up for discussion in the next Crack Supporters Talk
Rico Racks banned from rapping certain words as part of jail sentence
The UK drill MC will not be able to use words such as ‘bandoe’ and ‘trapping’ in his music for five years
Unknown T charged with murder
A 20-year-old man was stabbed at a north London party last year
YouTube removes over 100 UK drill videos at request of London police
102 clips associated with the genre have been deleted from the streaming platform
Skengdo and AM sentenced after breaching injunction by performing drill music
The two artists have been suspended after breaking their ban
Giggs calls The Sun “dirty filthy bastards” for insensitive coverage of UK drill
The south London artist has called out the newspaper for its front page piece linking Incognito’s death to gang wars and blood money
Drill rapper Incognito dies aged 23
Sidique Kamara of group Moscow 17 was fatally stabbed in south London
Banned drill videos have been reposted to Pornhub
The music visuals have found a new home on the explicit website
UK drill group 1011 banned from creating music
A court order has been issued banning drill group 1011 from making music without police permission
Wiley offers to take teenager facing drill video ban “under his wing”
The pioneering artist has offered to mentor the 17-year-old
Police launch bid to ban convicted artists from making drill music
Five UK drill artists awaiting their sentence could be stopped from making drill music in the future
Drill artists in violent music videos to be treated like terror suspects
The measures – yet to be approved – comes after the deletion of 30 drill videos from YouTube
YouTube pulls over 30 UK drill videos over fears they incite violence
The move follows increased scrutiny of the genre
Listen to Radio 4 discuss UK drill music on Today programme
DJ Bempah and James Treadwell, a professor of criminology, assessed whether there was a link between the subgenre and London’s increase in murders
20 Rappers and MCs to Watch in 2018
Get to know 20 hungry new artists ready to make an impact on the UK scene over the next 12 months
Amy Becker
The London DJ tears through hyped up afrobeats, drill and bass
Them Pretty New Blocks: Drill Music and Gentrification in South London
Youth worker and writer Ciaran Thapar tracks the encroaching worlds of drill music and gentrification in South London in a special long-read
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