‘Baby it’s cold outside!’ Viewers mock drill rapper named Drillminister after he appears on GMB in a balaclava to talk about his politician ‘insults’ track
- Drillminister spoke about hypocrisy of politicians in their criticism of drill music
- Artist has released a new track that incorporates violent quotes spoken by MPs
- But GMB viewers seemingly distracted from the issue by ‘bizarre’ outfit choice
- Musician defended decision to mask face, claiming it gave music ‘more power’
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A drill rapper was mocked by some social media users after appearing on Good Morning Britain donning a camouflage balaclava and sunglasses to hide his identity.
Musician Drillminister spoke about the hypocrisy of British politicians for deriding the hip hop genre of drill music while also using violent language themselves.
The artist went viral last week after releasing a cut-up track that uses quotes from MPs in which they talk of, among other things, stabbing each other in the back.
One such quote came from former Chancellor George Osborne, who said he would not rest until Theresa May was ‘chopped up in bags in my freezer’.
Musician Drillminister spoke about the hypocrisy of British politicians for deriding the hip hop genre of drill music while also using violent language themselves
The musician defended his decision to mask his face, claiming that by keeping his identity to himself his music ‘had more power’
The drill rapper was mocked by some social media users after appearing on Good Morning Britain donning a camouflage balaclava and sunglasses to hide his identity
It comes as politicians and police linked the drill scene in the UK to the rise in gang violence, which has resulted in multiple music videos being removed from YouTube.
Despite the serious subject matter, viewers were keen to point out the rapper’s ‘bizarre’ outfit choice and ‘ridiculous’ balaclava.
Twitter user @GoAddo tweeted a photo of Drillminister along with the caption ‘Baby it’s cold outside’, while @AndyOutlaw tweeted a picture of prankster Fonejacker.
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However the musician defended his decision to mask his face, claiming that by keeping his identity to himself his music ‘had more power’.
‘It’s not about me’, he told co-presenters Susanna Reid and Adil Ray. ‘This is a portrayal.
‘I see it as this. We are sick of fakeness and people telling us how to live and what’s right or wrong.
Despite the serious subject matter, viewers were keen to point out the rapper’s ‘bizarre’ outfit choice and ‘ridiculous’ balaclava
‘If someone was blind, they would have to take me on my character and not judge me on how I look. This is the same thing.’
What is drill music and is it fuelling crime?
‘Drill’ music, a hip-hop subgenre, is driving feuding gang wars in Britain, community leaders have warned.
Hundreds of videos on YouTube feature UK rappers threatening and provoking people from rival areas in London.
To ‘drill’ means to fight or scrap and the violent lyrics focus on gang life, drugs, guns and killing.
In one video viewed nearly three million times, rapper Digga D boasts about having to bleach his knife after using it to attack someone.
In another, entitled ‘Mummy’s Kitchen’, rappers Loski and Mayski, who are thought to be Londoners, boast about taking a blade from the family home.
In the videos, which are filmed across the city, performers take care to ensure their faces are covered.
Drillminister teamed up with Channel 4 News reporter Symeonn Brown for the new track Political Drillin, which includes a host of quotes from politicians.
One quote comes from Labour MP Jess Phillips, who told Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons that she ‘won’t knife you in the back, I will knife you in the front’.
Drillminster added: ‘Politicians are just like everybody else on the street, they are human beings and they do what we do.
‘Character traits portrayed on us is always negative but on MPs it’s positive, which isn’t reality.
‘That’s the state of the country we are living in, that’s the politics and extremism that’s going on, I’m just highlighting it so everyone can see it for themselves.
‘Anything associated to the hood, the people who are underprivileged, if we were all into ballet with balaclavas they would still say we were into murderous ballet and ruining ballet.
‘That perception has to be changed by people opening their minds.
‘We are a reflection of the Britain you’ve forgotten about and chosen to ignore.’
Drillminister (pictured with Adil Ray and Susanna Reid) teamed up with Channel 4 News reporter Symeonn Brown for the new track Political Drillin
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