Rappers like Lil Reese, King Louie, G Herbo, Lil Bibby, Fredo Santana helped push the movement forward. Following the initial wave, drill expanded. U.K. drill became a thing. Young artists in ...

They’re “stupid” for wasting their opportunity, even if so much of drill rap’s appeal comes from the very authenticity fans seek. It’s a no-win paradox. Drill rap is a dead end that ...

The world’s biggest drill rapper may spend the rest of his life ... label into a formidable rap movement. Over the next couple of years, Durk and the duo of Youngboy and Quando began ...

I don’t think drill rappers will be celebrated ever again. Down goes the drill n*ggas.” As previously reported, the Chicago rapper was taken into custody on Thursday in Florida by U.S. Marshals, ...

By Kate Christobek The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk was arrested on a federal charge near Miami International Airport on Thursday over accusations that he conspired to kill a rap rival ...

The label, which included Von as a signee, produces and sells drill rap from artists primarily from Chicago. The label has held contracts with the media giant Sony and other large labels ...

Durk is widely regarded as the founder and most influential member of the "drill" rap music genre based in Chicago, which includes other successful artists such as Chief Keef, Lil Reese and G Herbo.

This strategy was part of a broader effort to control Chicago’s drill rap music scene. Drill rap is described as a subgenre of hip-hop music that originated in Chicago in the early 2010s.

All of the suspects have ties to hip-hop collective “Only the Family” or “OTF,” a record label that Banks formed in 2010 around the same time that the polarizing drill rap subgenre orginated.