Does blame drill music encourage violence, or is it an escape route for disadvantaged young people? Mark Savage speaks to people with experience of the music and its impact.
"These days if someone gets stabbed no-one really cares, unless it's the family. It's just another young person getting stabbed."
Those chilling words come from a young boy in north London, no older than 14, in a new documentary about the links between knife crime and drill music.
He's not alone. His classmates describe intimidating encounters with gangs in balaclavas, and the fear that "saying the wrong thing" will lead to violence.
What they're less clear about is whether music, specifically the dark and gritty beats of drill, encourages criminal behaviour...Keep reading on the BBC
"These days if someone gets stabbed no-one really cares, unless it's the family. It's just another young person getting stabbed."
Those chilling words come from a young boy in north London, no older than 14, in a new documentary about the links between knife crime and drill music.
He's not alone. His classmates describe intimidating encounters with gangs in balaclavas, and the fear that "saying the wrong thing" will lead to violence.
What they're less clear about is whether music, specifically the dark and gritty beats of drill, encourages criminal behaviour...Keep reading on the BBC