The Emergence Of Chicago's
Drill Music
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

The Emergence Of Chicago's Drill Music

Chicago Drill Music Origins - Robert White

Chicago - Drill is a style of trap music that originated in the South Side of Chicago in early 2010. It was started by Chief Keef, Pictured Below. It is defined by its dark, violent, nihilistic lyrical content and ominous trap-influenced beats. ... Artists within the genre have been noted for their style of lyricism and association with crime in Chicago.

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Chief Keef, The Originator Of Drill Music

Why is it called drill music though? Well, drill is the slang word for the use of automatic weapons. The beat for the type of music tends to be slower in tempo, about 60 to 70 beats per minute. The rapping style is often delivered in a deadpan way and isn't about punchlines or metaphors.

Where did Drill music come from?

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It came from Woodlawn neighborhood in Dro City, and developed in the crime-riddled south side of Chicago. It may have originated in Chicago, but the UK version became popular in south London from 2012. Music videos posted online involve hooded figures and masked gangs threatening each other - the lyrics focusing on drugs, guns and stabbing rivals . As a result of this popular growing Genre of Music, The Hip Hop World has lost, lots of prominent upcoming Rappers to Gun Violence. The most recent lost to the Hip Hop Community, Was when a popular up and coming Chicago Drill Rapper King Von

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Dayvon Daquan Bennett, known professionally as King Von, (August 9 th, 1994 – November 6th, 2020) was an American rapper and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He was signed to Lil Durk's record label, Only the Family and Empire Distribution.

Chicago rapper King Von was killed in a shooting outside a club in Atlanta on Nov. 6. The shooting happened after the 26-year-old's album release party for “Welcome to O'Block,” a nod to the area around 64th Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the South Side where he was raised.

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New York Drill Music

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New York Drill Music Scene, Bronx, NY Bashar Barakah Jackson (July 20, 1999 – February 19, 2020), known professionally as Pop Smoke, was an American Rapper, singer and songwriter. He was considered by many to be the face of Brooklyn drill. Born and raised in Canarsie, Brooklyn, Pop Smoke began his musical career in 2018.

Pop Smoke, an up-and coming rapper, was shot and killed Wednesday morning in what appears to be a home invasion robbery, News Sources has learned. The rapper was at a home in the Hollywood Hills at around 4:30 AM when 2 men wearing hoodies and masks broke into a house ... this according to law enforcement sources. We're told the 2 men fired multiple shots, striking and critically wounding Pop Smoke. The men were seen fleeing on foot. Another up and coming Star, that feel victim to the Drill. Live by the Drill – Die By The Drill. 



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