Drill Archives

Music Interviews

Drill’s first openly gay rapper Mr Strange talks toxic masculinity, adversity and awareness: “I don’t conform and I’m doing just fine”

The first drill artist to talk about being gay alongside his trapping lifestyle, West London MC Mr Strange brings something totally new to the...

Kyann-Sian Williams - 17th January 2020

NME Blogs

The five most savage disses in Stormzy’s Wiley takedown ‘Disappointed’

Welcome to the most exciting homegrown rap beef of 2020. On the Wiley-baiting ‘Disappointed’, Stormzy attempts to assassinate the godfather of grime over the instrumental...

Kyann-Sian Williams - 7th January 2020

Live Reviews

Krept and Konan live: a super-charged celebration with an all-star guest list

UK rap's great and good dazzled like fireworks at the duo's extraordinary show

Kyann-Sian Williams - 9th December 2019

Features

Meet Poundz, drill’s next superstar: “‘Opp Thot’ isn’t a one hit wonder”

Poundz' mind is set on global success and Glastonbury 2020

Kyann-Sian Williams - 20th November 2019

Album Reviews

Rapman – ‘Blue Story (Music Inspired By the Original Motion Picture)’ review: a story that needs to be heard

Rapman and friends – including Krept & Konan, Jorja Smith and Giggs – create a sonic narrative so raw, and so true, that it could stand alone from the film it accompanies

Kyann-Sian Williams - 15th November 2019

Live Reviews

Swinging between technical hiccups and all-star guests, Headie One’s Brixton O2 show was a game of two halves

O2 Academy brixton, Sunday November 10

Kyann-Sian Williams - 14th November 2019

Album Reviews

Krept & Konan – ‘Revenge Is Sweet’ album review: taboo-busting brilliance from the UK rap polymaths

In the four years since their last studio album, 'The Long Way Home', south London duo Krept and Konan have released a slew of mixtapes, run...

Kyann-Sian Williams - 4th November 2019

Album Reviews

Skengdo X AM – ‘Back Like We Never Left’ review: a triumphant comeback for the drill duo banned from performing

Their 2018 came to a turbulent conclusion, but Skengdo X AM have reignited their careers with this latest album. They never asked for the ...

Kyann-Sian Williams - 4th October 2019