The music industry is mourning the loss of Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed in a home invasion in Beverly Hills. Pop Smoke was a rising new star in the industry and was likely going to be one ...

It took about 10 years, but drill music has successfully surpassed regional popularity in Chicago. Flowing on a drill beat can be a challenge for anyone who’s not used to doing it. Sometimes, the ...

Although drill music has become a popular subgenre of hip-hop, its success has brought huge amounts of controversy. This was exemplified by a Thursday report that at least three drill music rappers ...

Darice Gardner, aka Paper$, performs at 'How Dope Are You?' (Sam Searles/WHYY) Working on a solution to gun violence and want to share it? Get in touch with gun violence prevention reporters Sammy ...

Sincere Jazmin was only 16 years old when he was shot and killed by another teen at a bus stop in Queens, N.Y. on March 26. The young man was an aspiring rap artist who went by the name, “Sdot Blokka.

Does Lil Durk make drill music? On the surface, this seems like the stupidest question in the world. Lil Durk is drill music. When Chicago drill first started to make national waves, Durk was there.

After a nearly 15-year run, it might be time to get some R.I.P. t-shirts printed up for drill music. And the arrest of Lil Durk, inarguably one of the biggest artists in the subgenre, might be the ...

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