Editing Gangsta rap (section)

===Road rap===
{{Main|UK_rap#Road_rap|l1 = British hip hop}}
Road rap (also known as British gangsta rap or simply UK rap) is a genre of music pioneered in [[South London]], primarily in [[Brixton]] and [[Peckham]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/tiny-boost-comeback-interview-2018/|title=Tiny Boost Is Rapping for All the Streets and the People in Them|last1=Bassil|first1=Ryan|last2=Garcia|first2=Francisco|date=2018-11-13|website=Vice|access-date=2019-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804033250/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/nepwa8/tiny-boost-comeback-interview-2018|archive-date=4 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/05/27/20-essential-road-rap-tracks/|title=20 Essential Road Rap Tracks|last=aidanbnsn|date=2015-05-27|website=FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.|access-date=2019-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804033249/https://www.factmag.com/2015/05/27/20-essential-road-rap-tracks/|archive-date=4 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The genre was pioneered by groups such as [[PDC (gang)|PDC]], SMS, SN1, North Star, MashTown, U.S.G. and artists such as [[Giggs (rapper)|Giggs]], [[K Koke]], [[Nines (rapper)|Nines]] and [[Sneakbo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/grime-dubstep/7901-grime-dubstep/|title=Grime / Dubstep|website=Pitchfork|date=November 17, 2010 |access-date=2019-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424054128/https://pitchfork.com/features/grime-dubstep/7901-grime-dubstep/|archive-date=24 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2019/01/influential-uk-rap-mixtapes/|title=7 Mixtapes That Laid UK Rap's Foundations|website=Complex|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221074920/https://www.complex.com/music/2019/01/influential-uk-rap-mixtapes/|archive-date=21 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The genre came to the fore as a backlash against the perceived commercialisation of [[Grime (music)|grime]] in the mid-late 2000s in London.<ref name="factmag.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/04/27/end-of-the-road-the-rise-of-road-rap-and-the-uncertain-future-of-the-hardcore-continuum/ |title=End of the road: the rise of road rap and the uncertain future of the hardcore continuum |work=Fact Magazine |publisher=Factmag.com |date=2012-04-27 |access-date=2015-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812053450/http://www.factmag.com/2012/04/27/end-of-the-road-the-rise-of-road-rap-and-the-uncertain-future-of-the-hardcore-continuum/ |archive-date=12 August 2014 |url-status=live |author1=Fact }}</ref> The genre came to prominence around 2007 with the rise of Giggs.<ref name=":2" /> Road rap retained the explicit depictions of violence and British gang culture found in some early grime music and combines it with a musical style more similar to American gangsta rap than the [[Sound system (DJ)|sound system]] influenced music of grime, [[dubstep]], [[UK garage]], [[jungle music|jungle]], [[reggae]] and [[dub music|dub]].<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web |author=Dan Hancox |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/12/rap-riots-professor-green-lethal-bizzle-wiley |title=Rap responds to the riots: "They have to take us seriously"  |work=The Guardian |date=12 August 2011 |access-date=2015-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226150625/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/12/rap-riots-professor-green-lethal-bizzle-wiley |archive-date=26 December 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gangs played a large part in the genre, with gangs such as the [[Peckham Boys]] (with its various sets such as SN1, PYG and OPB), based in Peckham and [[GAS Gang]], based in Brixton, becoming notable in the road rap scene during the 2000s.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Peter |first=Noel |date=September 1, 1998 |title=Escape from the Nation of Islam |work=The Village Voice |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/1998/09/01/escape-from-the-nation-of-islam/ |access-date=August 19, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-12-17|title=Peckham Boys (PB) - www.londonstreetgangs.com|url=https://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/south-london-gangs/peckham-boys-black-gang|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121217145757/https://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/south-london-gangs/peckham-boys-black-gang|archive-date=2012-12-17|access-date=2019-08-04|website=archive.fo}}</ref><ref name=":6" />

The road rap scene centres around mixtape releases and YouTube videos with some of the genres more popular acts getting mainstream recognition.<ref name="factmag.com" /> The genre has been criticised for the relentless nihilism and violence in its lyrics as well as its links to gangs and gun crime with many rappers serving prison sentences.<ref name="theguardian.com" /><ref>[http://djsemtex.com/blog/2010/01/08/giggs-nme-interview/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521235215/http://djsemtex.com/blog/2010/01/08/giggs-nme-interview/|date=21 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rapper-kyze-jailed-for-shooting-178357 |title=Rapper Kyze jailed for shooting – Mirror Online |work=Daily Mirror |date=2011-04-18 |access-date=2015-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515043730/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rapper-kyze-jailed-for-shooting-178357 |archive-date=15 May 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In keeping with grime, road rap has suffered from pre-emptive policing with Giggs claiming that the [[Metropolitan Police]] have set out to deny him the opportunity to make a living from music having banned him from touring.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sam Wolfson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/05/giggs-when-will-it-stop?CMP=twt_gu |title=Giggs: prison, police harassment, cancelled tours – When Will It Stop  |work=The Guardian |date = 5 October 2013|access-date=2015-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826122022/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/05/giggs-when-will-it-stop?CMP=twt_gu |archive-date=26 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, Stigs was served the first ever gang injunction that banned him from rapping about anything that may encourage violence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/22/the-war-against-rap-censoring-drill-may-seem-radical-but-its-not-new|title=The war against rap: censoring drill may seem radical but it's not new|last=Hancox|first=Dan|date=2018-06-22|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-04|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721161711/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/22/the-war-against-rap-censoring-drill-may-seem-radical-but-its-not-new|archive-date=21 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the early 2010s, the American genre [[Drill music|drill]] began to emerge in the UK, pushed by groups such as 150, [[67 (rap group)|67]] and [[Section Boyz]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/uk-gangsta-drill-road-rap-67-section-boyz-giggs/|title=Don't Call It Road Rap: When Drill, UK Accents and Street Life Collide|last=McQuaid|first=Ian|date=2017-06-14|website=Vice|access-date=2019-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718211023/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/gypwa7/uk-gangsta-drill-road-rap-67-section-boyz-giggs|archive-date=18 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[UK drill]] has been referred to as subgenre of road rap due to the influence it has had on the genre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/different-types-of-hip-hop-guide|title=A guide to the many styles of hip-hop, from hyphy to horrorcore|website=Red Bull|date=March 15, 2019 |access-date=2019-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804033246/https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/different-types-of-hip-hop-guide|archive-date=4 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/police-have-banned-a-london-rap-group-from-making-drill-music/|title=Police have banned a London rap group from making drill music|date=2018-06-19|website=The Big Issue|access-date=2019-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804033249/https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/police-have-banned-a-london-rap-group-from-making-drill-music/|archive-date=4 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hunter-Tilney |first1=Ludovic |date=February 7, 2019 |title=London rapper Fredo on the neighbourhood that shaped his music |website=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5355f564-288a-11e9-88a4-c32129756dd8 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804033248/https://www.ft.com/content/5355f564-288a-11e9-88a4-c32129756dd8 |archive-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> Road rap also went on to influence [[afroswing]], which emerged in the mid-2010s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/35706/1/uk-drill-artists-and-crews|title=Inside UK Drill, London's Hyper-Local DIY Sound|last=Dazed|date=2017-04-25|work=Dazed|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309135634/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/35706/1/uk-drill-artists-and-crews|archive-date=9 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>