{"id":141488,"date":"2021-10-12T15:17:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=141488"},"modified":"2021-10-12T15:17:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:17:26","slug":"our-sons-were-brutally-murdered-but-were-still-taunted-by-sick-songs-about-their-deaths-in-drill-music-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/our-sons-were-brutally-murdered-but-were-still-taunted-by-sick-songs-about-their-deaths-in-drill-music-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Our sons were brutally murdered but we're still taunted by sick songs about their deaths in drill music epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

JASON Isaacs, 18, was walking with friends when he was stabbed to death by four masked men with machetes \u2013 but his family's heartache was only just beginning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Devastated mum Sharon Kendall was "sickened" to learn in court that her son's vicious murder had been boasted about in vile drill music lyrics.<\/p>\n


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She also discovered that Jason's killer, Joel Amade, had described how he planned to murder someone in a rap track one year before the murder.<\/p>\n

Sadly Sharon isn't alone in her experience.<\/p>\n

This week a new report found that more than a quarter of London gang killings could be linked to drill music, which is frequently used to brag about attacks and taunt rivals and victims.<\/p>\n

The Policy Exchange research said that drill music – a subgenre of rap, which was born in Chicago – glamourises violence, causes dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries each year \u2013 and 80 percent of the victims are black or ethnic minority people.<\/p>\n

'Stab first, then talk'<\/h2>\n

Sharon, now 41, is one of many mothers who know too well about the dangers presented by drill music.<\/p>\n

In May, she was horrified when Body by Russ Million and Tion Waynes became the first drill track to reach No 1 in the UK charts.<\/p>\n

The mum-of-three told The Sun: "I think drill music is a massive cause of knife crime and could influence it. <\/p>\n

"They talk about what they have done to each other in the lyrics and then the gangs retaliate."<\/p>\n

In 2019, rapper Joel Amade was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years for killing her son.<\/p>\n

His track Dip [stab] First came out before he stabbed Jason in 2017 and included lyrics detailing the type of attack he wanted to carry out.<\/p>\n

You have just killed someone and now you're sitting in a bedroom writing lyrics about what happened? It's sick!<\/p>\n

They said: "Stab first then talk… On flight-mode when we walk… Chest or back we\u2019ll rip his face off I\u2019ll put holes in your back."<\/p>\n

Sharon explained: "Basically they said, 'We go out and stab people in the back' \u2013 Jason was stabbed eight times in the back. <\/p>\n

"They rapped about putting their phones on flight mode, which they did for the attack too to avoid being linked to the crime scene.<\/p>\n

"I had to ask YouTube to remove the song because he was still getting views and making money from it despite being in prison."<\/p>\n

While the music video was taken down, it is still possible to find it through various other compilations on the platform.<\/p>\n

Most chillingly, Sharon claimed one of the gang members who attacked her son penned a drill track about his death shortly after the killing.<\/p>\n

She said: "After they stabbed my son, one of them went home and wrote lyrics about what they had done, which I find mad.<\/p>\n

"You have just killed someone and now you're sitting in a bedroom writing lyrics about what happened? It's sick and sickening to hear.<\/p>\n

"It\u2019s awful and the music is awful, I don't know how anyone could listen to it. I turn it off if I ever hear it because it makes me feel sick."<\/p>\n

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Drill pages sell knives<\/h2>\n

Earlier this year, we reported that zombie knives \u2013 blades with both a sharp and a serrated edge \u2013 were being sold on SnapChat for as little as \u00a340.<\/p>\n

They were predominantly up for sale on accounts with \u2018drill\u2019 in the title.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Natalie Secka told The Sun she was "horrified" by our findings because a zombie knife bought on the platform was used to kill her son.<\/p>\n

Louis Jordan, 16, was stabbed to death last year in East Croydon, by Kiona McKenna who was given a life sentence. <\/p>\n

Natalie said: "You can see them if you follow any of the UK drill music pages… I see them almost every day.<\/p>\n

"They have zombie knives and other weapons for sale all the time, it just makes me feel so powerless. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt has left me afraid for everyone, not just for my own remaining children, but for all the young people out there.\u201d <\/p>\n


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'Come here, I got you a coffin'<\/h2>\n

Last year, five drill rappers were sentenced for killing Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck in scenes compared to a "Hollywood film".<\/p>\n

Kamali, a 19-year-old father, was chased into a salon in Wood Green, North London, and stabbed to death in front of terrified customers.<\/p>\n

One of the attackers Tyrell Graham, 18, known as 'Trills', was identified as being especially dangerous in court because of violent drill music lyrics he had written. <\/p>\n

The chilling words read: \u201cPark Lane bopping, the opps dem dropping. Come here, I got you a coffin, 12 gauge long like Kelvin\u2019s coffin.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s alleged the rap referred to Kelvin Odunuyi, 19, who was gunned down in 2018 \u2013\u00a0no one has been brought to justice for the crime.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors argued that the lyrics "describe the life he already leads or\u2026 the life he aspires to lead."<\/p>\n

Graham, 18, Sheareem Cookhorn, 21, and 17-year-olds Jayden O\u2019Neil-Crichlow, Shane Lyons and Ojay Hamilton were all sentenced last year.<\/p>\n


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'Boasted about unsolved case'<\/h2>\n

The family of Kelvin Odunuyi say they are still being taunted by drill musicians who rapped about the teen's death.<\/p>\n

The victim's brother Kai told the Mirror: \u201cHow is it possible that they can talk about my brother\u2019s death and get away with it\u2026 we want someone to be accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January, a video was posted online that appeared to recreate Kevin\u2019s death in the video game, Grand Theft Auto.<\/p>\n

The clip featured violent drill music and a recorded 999 call, saying: \u201cSomeone has been shot dead at Hollywood Green Cinema, Wood Green.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelvin's family described the video as "appalling" and were shocked by the similarities to their deceased relative's death, including the location he was shot.<\/p>\n

In March, it was reported that a 75-second rap video posted to SnapChat from prison referenced the cold case.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n


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\u2018Music incited violence\u2019<\/h2>\n

Drill artists Skengdo and AM were given a two year suspended sentence in 2019 after violating an injunction that prevented them from performing.<\/p>\n

The rappers, whose real names are Terrell Doyley and Joshua Malinga, were warned their music could lead to attacks in south London.<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Police said their lyrics \u201cincited and encouraged violence against rival gang members".<\/p>\n

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Lyrics \u2018predicted\u2019 stabbing<\/h2>\n

The murder of 15-year-old Jermaine Goupall was "predicted" in violent drill lyrics, a judge claimed in 2018.<\/p>\n

The teen was with friends in Croydon when three CR0 gang members leapt out of a car and chased him down. <\/p>\n

The men, who were wearing balaclavas, stabbed him with knives and a machete. He later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n

You wrote lyrics in your phone that predicted the exact type of crime that took place<\/p>\n

Lyrics written by Junior Simpson, known as M-Trap 0, were used in court as an example of his intention to perform a violent act.<\/p>\n

Words in one of his drill raps read: \u201cI saw man run. He got poked up (stabbed). He had his poke (knife) and he still got touched (stabbed).\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge Anthony Leonard QC said: \u201cYou wrote lyrics in your phone that predicted the exact type of crime that took place.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou suggested they were just for show but I do not believe that and I suspect you were waiting for the right opportunity for an attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam Benzahi, 21, Samuel Oliver-Rowland, 18, and Junior Simpson, 17, were all given life sentences for his murder.<\/p>\n

Saskia Haye-Elliot, 18, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years and six months.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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\u2018Too many people are losing their lives\u2019<\/h2>\n

In 2015, Marcel Addai was viciously knifed by a \u201cremorseless and ruthless\u201d gang in Hackney, London, over drill music threats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old fell while being chased by the group and was punched and kicked before being stabbed 14 times, including through the heart.<\/p>\n

A court found drill music was at the centre of the killing and that both gangs had taunted and threatened one another online before the attack.<\/p>\n

June Addai, Marcel's grandmother, previously told The Sun that drill music was "too violent" and should be banned from YouTube.<\/p>\n

She said: "It has to stop, it needs to stop because too many people are losing their lives.<\/p>\n

"This taunting each other and violence when artists say \u2018I\u2019m going to come down and shoot you, I\u2019m going to cut you\u2019 why are they doing this? <\/p>\n

"Why? Why? They take the videos down but they just go back up again… it\u2019s upsetting and it makes you cry. It\u2019s horrible."<\/p>\n

In 2016, Momar Faye, 18, Rikell Rodgers, 22, and 23 year olds Sodiq Adebayo and Sheku Jalloh were collectively sentenced to 100 years in prison for the killing.<\/p>\n


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'Cut open like a bear' <\/h2>\n

Less than a week after John Ogunjobi was stabbed to death in 2018, his brutal killing was mocked in a drill music track.<\/p>\n

Lyrics from the Lower Tulse Hill group referenced the 16-year-old's stomach being "cut open like a bear".<\/p>\n

They also mentioned his mum in the video, which was posted on YouTube, who they said started "screaming it ain't fair".<\/p>\n

In reality, she found her son bleeding to death on the streets of Tulse Hill, London, and yelled: "My son, my son!"<\/p>\n

John's killers have not been caught despite police offering a \u00a320,000 reward for information that led to an arrest and conviction in 2019.<\/p>\n

The family of the teen, who was known as JaySav, rejected claims that he was part of the drill music scene.<\/p>\n


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Shooting paralysed teen<\/h2>\n

And it's not just in London that drill music is spiralling out of control.<\/p>\n

Reial Phillips, known as Lynch, injured seven people as part of a bitter feud between two warring gangs in Birmingham in 2015.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old, who was linked to the Burger Bar gang, had taken part in a series of shootings including one that left a 16-year-old paralysed.<\/p>\n

At trial, it was alleged that drill music posted by the two groups \u201craised tensions\u201d and one video encouraged violence \u2013 leading to four men being shot.<\/p>\n

In one clip that was used against Reial in court, he boasted about shooting people and referenced the paralysed teen.<\/p>\n

He was sentenced to 27 years in prison for firearm offences and conspiring to sell cocaine and heroin in 2016.<\/p>\n


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Social media must do more<\/h2>\n

Families of the victims have called for social media companies to take more responsibility and remove tracks that could encourage violence.<\/p>\n

A BBC investigation found drill music was referred to in 67 cases over the last six years, which saw 232 alleged criminals face trial.<\/p>\n

The Met Police also set-up Project Alpha in June 2019, which monitors social media for videos that could encourage violence.<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector Kieran McAuliffe said that they were on the lookout for recordings where \u201cgangs have openly called each other out\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re looking at is opportunities where we can intervene to stop some of the violence on the streets of London,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

In the last five years, they made 579 referrals for content to be removed from social media platforms \u2013 522 were taken down, mainly from YouTube.<\/p>\n

DI McAuliffe argued that they were not trying \u201cto suppress drill music\u201d or censor freedom of expression but wanted to keep people safe.<\/p>\n