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NEW YORK (Fox 5) - Less than 24 hours after fans gathered in Canarsie, Brooklyn to remember murdered drill rapper Tdott Woo, another aspiring teenage rapper was killed in Brooklyn. 18-year-old Jayquan McKenley, whose rap name was Chii Wvttz, was pursuing a drill music career on social media & streaming platforms.
Perry Williams said his son's music faced hard competition from the streets but his son should not have died like this.
"Our hip-hop is no long hip-hop anymore, & now, if you're not doing drill, you're not going to get no play," Williams said.
The hard-driving beats & dark, ominous sound of drill originated in Chicago. It was also heavily gang-affiliated there. It got a new life in Brooklyn & was brought into the mainstream by the late Pop Smoke. His friend & protégé, 22-year-old Tahjay Dobson, known as drill rapper T-Dott Woo, was shot & killed last Tuesday. He was killed in a drive-by hours after signing a record deal.
Police officials say the taunting & dissing in the lyrics of drill fuel the violence. They don't blame the music itself for violence but say that it makes a combustible mix with gangs & guns.
Joseph Gulotta is an NYPD Deputy Chief in Brooklyn.
He says, "These are geographical gang members. The drill rap definitely inflames the situation."
In response to the murders, drill music producer & Hot 97 DJ Drewski, who helped launch the career of Pop Smoke, says he is no longer playing any diss records. Some record labels claim they will no longer sign new drill artists.
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