THUG LIFE: Drill music as a periscope into urban violence in the consumer age

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. With...

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1. VerfasserIn: Lynes, Adam (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Kelly, Craig ; Kelly, Emma
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2020
In: The British journal of criminology
Jahr: 2020, Band: 60, Heft: 5, Seiten: 1201-1219
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Consumerism
Drill
Hip hop
Special liberty
Violence
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azaa011