Ceechynaa Takes UK Drill Rap Into A Wild, New Direction! On November 10, 2024, rising UK drill rapper Ceechynaa (real name Chelsea Odosamamwen Ode) teased her latest single, “Peggy,” in a cryptic ...

Editor's Note: This story was originally published in September 2021 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. From the self-proclaimed "Queen of Drill" Ivorian Doll clapping back against targeted ...

UK rapper Kgrindz feels like one of those finds whose groundwork was laid long before wider recognition started catching up.

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

The UK rap-scene has been evolving in recent years, taking inspiration from its US counterpart. Drill - a controversial subgenre of rap music - has grown in popularity in the UK, particularly London.

A killer has had his transfer to an open prison blocked after being unmasked as a drill rapper whose lyrics appeared to ...

Drill, a subgenre of trap, already a subgenre of rap, emerged out of Chicago’s South Side in the early 2010s. In the 12-ish years since its birth, drill has found an audience, and indeed eager artists ...

He’s only been making music for seven months, but SK-47 is on the cusp of something big. The masked musician keeps his identity anonymous, like many artists in the U.K. drill world, to protect his ...

Next month, on September 30, a new British series is hitting Prime Video and it centres on our homegrown rap and drill scenes. Directed by Nothing Lost, aka Junior Okoli and Chas Appeti, the new ...