Atlanta’s own rising star, Pluto, turns heads once more with the release of a striking visual for her track “Drill Flow,” featuring local rapper Baby Drill. Set against the backdrop of late-night ...

The premise of the viral song “Teach Me How to Drill” is simple: Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign is a teacher who takes his nerdy, white student—Lil Mabu—on a “field trip” to the hood, as if they were ...

On his debut album, the Brooklyn rapper hopes to smooth a path forward for the city’s ascendant hip-hop scene, even as it draws criticism amid a rise in gun violence. Fivio Foreign hopes to become ...

Drill rap songs are number one with a bullet. And that’s terrifying to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, cops and victims of the genre’s sometimes trigger-happy rappers, who glorify killing in their ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — * The above video was originally published April 12 when a Duval County judge sentenced a Jacksonville drill rapper to 10 years in prison. It originated in Chicago’s South Side in ...

This episode explores how drill music has inspired and shaped the global rap scene. Drill music started in Chicago over a decade ago and has since spread to cities across the world. In this video, ...

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 ...

Rappers embody their cities in ways that go deeper than area codes and shoutouts. The neighborhoods that raised them – every corner store, basketball court and subway platform – become the foundation ...

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.

Years ago, a rap music fan described me as a "hip hop scold of the highest order." My sin against the music was calling out rap artists for their constant use of the "N-word," casually insulting women ...

From the inception of hip-hop, the genre has been anchored in community. Birthed in New York 50 years ago, rap was further fortified in Los Angeles, and more recently cascaded to the top in Atlanta ...

The killings have sparked a debate about the genre. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is raising the alarm over violent content in drill rap, a controversial and popular subgenre of hip-hop, and wants ...