UK drill rappers OFB 'No one helps us round here. Music is the only way'

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One of the collective is the son of Mark Duggan, whose death sparked the 2011 London riots. But the drill trio OFB are trying to move the genre beyond the violence for which it has been demonised
At the nucleus of the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham, north London, is a road that local young people call Front Street. Words on a red love heart stuck inside one shop window read: “Justice for Mark Duggan”, referring to the 29-year-old who was shot dead by police in August 2011, prompting protests and then riots across English cities.
Eight years on, Duggan’s 18-year-old son, Kemani – trying to make it as a drill rapper under the moniker Bandokay – believes he is still dealing with the fallout. “Whenever [the police] see me, they stop me,” he says. “I get what they’re trying to do – they’re trying to take weapons. But I know they purposely stop me more than anyone else. They know who I am. They know who my dad is. So that’s why I’m trying to go through music and do something positive, so they don’t have nothing to say about me.” Continue reading...

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