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      Digital Street Culture Decoded: Why Criminalizing Drill Music is Street Illiterate and Counterproductive

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      The British Journal of Criminology
      Oxford University Press (OUP)

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          Authorities in the United Kingdom censure ‘drill rap’, the artistic expression of disadvantaged urban youth, citing its connections to serious violence. This is shown to be based on a thin, ‘street-illiterate’ understanding of the genre that ultimately rests on stereotypes of young black men as violent ‘gang’ members. In place of this misreading, a street-literate interpretation of drill is offered from a deep and nuanced analysis of YouTube videos and below the line discussions. It is demonstrated that it is inaccurate and unhelpful to view drill videos as evidence of violent crime or as attempts to glorify or precipitate it. Instead, the stylized videos and violent lyricism are shown to be forms of artistic performance that reveal an ambiguous relationship to criminality. Marginalizing the excluded further, video removals and restrictions on performance are shown to be counterproductive from a crime-reduction perspective. New developments in technology and culture can take shape around existing patterns of criminalization.

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                Journal
                The British Journal of Criminology
                Oxford University Press (OUP)
                0007-0955
                1464-3529
                January 15 2020
                January 15 2020
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Sociology, City, University of London, Northampton Square, London, UK
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                10.1093/bjc/azz086
                45158e4b-64fc-4744-8f1f-040e7503b437
                © 2020

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