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‘Who are the real criminals?’
An insightful exploration of an unexplored world of rap and its many contradictions impresses MAYER WAKEFIELD
'When will it end?'

UK Drill Project
Barbican Pit

 
 

FROM the furore surrounding the emergence of NWA (Niggaz Wit Attitudes) and gangsta rap in the mid ’90s to the effective banning of grime nights under Met Police 696 risk assessment forms here in Britain, the repressive criminalisation of rap music is nothing new.

But perhaps it has never been as extreme as the ongoing clampdown on drill music, which is explored with high octane, comic-book energy in HighRise Entertainment’s latest production.

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