The Urban Dictionary website refers to drill rap as a “bullshit genre of rap that started off in America” and “somehow crawled its way into the UK.”
Drill rap originated on the South Side of Chicago in early 2010. It is a genre of rap music made by and for gang bangers.
“Drill” means to shoot someone. The most popular drill rappers are either in prison for murder, deceased or will soon be deceased.
When popular drill rapper King Von was gunned down in Atlanta recently, most of my readers had never heard of him.
Also flying under the radar are YNW Melly (pictured top), Lil Durk, NBA Youngboy, Chief Keef, Lil Reese and others — all of whom are alleged killers. YNW Melly is in a Florida prison awaiting trial for double murder.
Chicago rapper Lil Durk (pictured) is out on bond while awaiting trial in Atlanta for shooting at a man near the Varsity restaurant last year. He was arrested alongside the late King Von.
While out on bond, Lil Durk is making music with wannabe drill rapper Drake.
Drill music has infiltrated the Black community just as gangster rap dominated the hip-hop industry and helped to usher out R&B music in the 1980s.
Record labels prefer to sign drill rappers because today’s hip-hop consumers prefer listening to rap artists who live the dangerous lifestyle they rap about.
Drill rap is behind a string of murders of rappers over the past decade. Rappers who want to make a name for themselves kill other drill rappers, then enjoy the clout they earn until someone kills them.
Mainstream magazines eagerly promote drill rap to their readers as the next big thing. There’s money to be made in music that is detrimental to Black men.
Pitchfork.com, a Caucasian music blog, referred to Brooklyn drill rappers as “New York’s brightest young rappers.”
Gone are the talented, law-abiding, middle class rappers who rapped about dropping bodies and moving weight – as if they lived that life.
Music influences the mind and soul of young men. Drill rap should concern you if you’re the mother of a young Black male.
