Public Resources by or with our speakers:
Blog posts and Public Writing:
Ahiaku, Simmone (2024). The Revolution is in 808. On drill as a periscope with Adèle Oliver, author of Deeping It: Colonialism, Culture & Criminalisation of UK Drill. In: Shado-Mag. Access here.
Fatsis, Lambros (2024). Racism Runs Riot. In: British Society of Criminology Blog. Access here.
Fatsis, Lambros (2019). Now that Grime is Pop, When Will the Panic about Drill Music Stop. In: Discover Society. Access here.
Fatsis, Lambros (2021). Stop Blaming Drill for Making People Kill. In: British Society of Criminology Blog. Access here.
Fatsis, Lambros (2022). When cops analyse drill, but get it wrong still. In: Stop Watch. Access here.
Jalloh, Tareeq (2023): Drill Music and Epistemic Injustice. In: Open for Debate. Access here.
Perera, Jessica (2021): Meritocracy is a Mirage: An interview with Joy White. Access here.
Oliver, Adèle (2024): The price of free speech: the racist criminalisation of UK drill is a human rights catastrophe. In: LSE Blogs. Access here.
Oliver, Adèle (2024): A Type Beat Under the Pressure Cooker: Reflecting On the First Anniversary of Art Not Evidence. Adèle Oliver on drill, resistance, and the Art Not Evidence campaign. In: Pen Transmissions. Access here.
Reisner, Latoya (2022): Arrive like you mean it’. How capitalism embraces UK Drill but has no interest in protecting rappers in court. Prosecuting Rap. Access here.
White, Joy (2017): Growing up under the influence: A sonic genealogy of grime. Access here.
White, Joy (2018): Making music videos is not a criminal activity – no matter what genre. In: The Conversation. Access here.
Podcasts:
Adegoke, Yomi and White, Joy (2018): Unpopped! The Roots and Representation of Grime. Access here.
Fatsis, Lambros and Lamb, Melayna (2022): What is Policing For? Transforming Society. Access here.
Oliver, Adèle in conversation with Miranda Melcher (2024): Deeping It. Colonialism, Culture and the Criminalisation of UK Drill. New Books in Critical Thinking (New Books Network). Access here.
Vatua, I. with Lambros Fatsis (2022) Sound of Da Police. Available here.
For resources on the topic more generally, check out:
The Prosecuting Rap Project. University of Manchester.
Access here for Background, Research and Scholarship, Legal Info, and much more.
See in particular the Prosecuting Rap Project’s section “Deeper than Rap” for a number of podcasts, press articles and documentaries. Access here.
Art not Evidence.
Access here for info on the initiative
View the link above for the mission statement, info on legislation and more!