RT Article
T1 THUG LIFE: Drill music as a periscope into urban violence in the consumer age
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 60
IS 5
SP 1201
OP 1219
A1 Lynes, Adam
A2 Kelly, Craig
A2 Kelly, Emma
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1727169999
AB This paper seeks to develop an understanding of interpersonal violence within an urban landscape. An increase in violent crime has garnered intense media attention with drill—an emerging subgenre of hip hop—being sighted by media outlets as a causal factor for the rise in gang-related violence. Within this perspective, the Metropolitan Police took action, which affirmed this narrative. This paper seeks to refute such simplistic discussions of interpersonal violence whilst recognizing the opportunity such notions pose for academics to utilize knowledge of subcultures to explore possible insights into the wider understanding of violence and capitalism.
K1 Violence
K1 Consumerism
K1 Hip hop
K1 Drill
K1 Special liberty
DO 10.1093/bjc/azaa011