YouTube removes 30 music videos as UK police claim connection between violence and drill music

Similar to Chicago's drill scene, the UK police have come to question the motives behind the popular genre.

As reported in The Guardian, questions are arising "because of the way that UK drill is networked via social media, leading some listeners to believe that they are the subjects of the taunting lyrics, there are valid worries that drill is not just reflecting criminality, but driving it."

Pressplay Media took to their Instagram account to express their shock at the crackdown on drill music.

ATTENTION ALL. Apologise to anyone whose videos have been targeted. We are working hard to find a solution. #DropTheKnifePickUpTheMic

A post shared by Pressplay (@itspressplayuk) on May 21, 2018 at 6:55am PDT

The social stigma surrounding the drill music scene has been building for quite a while, with Police requesting nearly 60 videos to be removed from YouTube in the past two years, due to the violent connotations and taunt provoking nature.

30 videos have now been removed from YouTube, and Met police commissioner Cressida Dick told LBC earlier this month, “Drill music is associated with lyrics which are about glamourising serious violence: murder, stabbings. They describe the stabbings in great detail, joy and excitement. Extreme violence against women is often talked about. Most particularly, in London we have gangs who make drill videos and in those videos, they taunt each other. They say what they’re going to do to each other and specifically what they are going to do to who.”

The crackdown on the rap sub genre is causing controversey among artists and consumers, as many express on socials that it's the nature of their social lives and the world that they live in.

The negative connotations have been connected to the drill genre due to the increased knife and gang violence in London.