Drill

‘The drill scene was dead. They’d locked everyone up’: RIP Germain on his shocking coffin installation

In a room stinking of industrial bleach and cooled to the temperature of a morgue, the artist explores pop culture’s voracious appetite for violence – by trapping the viewer in front of 101 hours of drill videos

Eddy Frankel

20, Mar, 2025 @12:01 PM

Bashy, Darkoo and Odeal top winners at 2025 Mobo awards

There are two awards apiece for the UK artists, while Nigerian singer Ayra Starr also wins two at Newcastle-hosted ceremony for Black musical excellence

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

18, Feb, 2025 @10:00 PM

Killer of teenager Jimmy Mizen is now rapper promoted by BBC, reports say

Parents of murdered schoolboy say prison rehabilitation does not seem to have made any difference to Jake Fahri

Rachel Hall and agency

16, Jan, 2025 @6:56 PM

Boys, gangs and the pressure to ‘be a man’ | Letters

Letters: Following the killing of 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa, Alison Verney and Angela Raven-Roberts write about the pressures being experienced by young boys

16, Jan, 2025 @6:00 PM

Rapper convicted of posting ‘menacing’ video directed at Tommy Robinson

Birmingham-based drill musician known as Twista Cheese made gun gesture in video and shouted ‘pow, pow, pow’

Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

08, Jan, 2025 @4:46 PM

Headie One: The Last One review – rueful memoir with party tunes attached

The north London rapper’s gritty honesty is his strongest suit on a guest-packed second album that juggles dance tracks with his troubled past

Kitty Empire

05, Jul, 2024 @10:00 AM

K-Trap: Smile? review – terse, punchy raps-to-riches flow

The Brit-nominated south Londoner’s not quite debut album of trap and drill showboating flies by

Damien Morris

31, May, 2024 @10:30 AM

Rap music used as evidence in scores of trials in England and Wales, study finds

Researchers say issue ‘urgently needs scrutiny’ after rap and drill music used as evidence in cases covering 252 defendants over three years

Jamie Grierson

30, Apr, 2024 @5:23 PM

Bait, ting, certi: how UK rap changed the language of the nation

Fuelled by music fandom and social media, young British people’s slang is evolving to include words with pidgin, patois and Arabic roots – even where strong regional English dialects exist

Aniefiok Ekpoudom

09, Apr, 2024 @9:28 AM

Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival

Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announced

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

14, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM