In Body, Russ Millions (pictured above) and Tion Wayne rap: ‘Free Big A, he’s too militant’ — which online followers of the singers have interpreted to be a reference to a gang member currently in prison on firearm offences
Stab first then talk...On flight-mode when we walk...Chest or back we’ll rip his face offI’ll put holes in your back.’
The lyrics are brutal and the music is ‘drill’ — a raw and aggressive form of British rap with accompanying videos that feature balaclava-wearing men waving weapons and detailing the bloody reality of life on the streets.
For Sharon Kendall, the words of the song Dip First (‘dip’ being slang for ‘stab’), by a drill rapper associated with a gang in the Rayners Lane area of North-West London, the lyrics were heart-wrenchingly close to home.