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

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

Banned video, Where They Hiding

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

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

Incognito Death

Drill rapper Incognito dies aged 23

Sidique Kamara of group Moscow 17 was fatally stabbed in south London

1011 Crib Session

Banned drill videos have been reposted to Pornhub

The music visuals have found a new home on the explicit website

1101

UK drill group 1011 banned from creating music

A court order has been issued banning drill group 1011 from making music without police permission

Eediyat Skengman 3

Wiley offers to take teenager facing drill video ban “under his wing”

The pioneering artist has offered to mentor the 17-year-old

1011 – No Hook

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

Banned video, Where They Hiding

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

UK drill 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

London drill music

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

Sicko Mobb Share Super Saiyan Vol. 3

The Super Saiyan saga continues Chicago rap duo Sicko Mobb have dropped the third instalment in their Super Saiyan mixtape series. Super…

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