UK Drill
UK drill is a British form of drill that began in South London, known for sliding 808 bass, fast skittering drums and masked rap crews.
It grew in the early to mid 2010s when London crews such as 67 took Chicago drill and mixed it with the pace and slang of grime and road rap. Tempos sit around 140 beats per minute, and the gliding bass lines are its signature. UK drill producers later supplied the beats for Brooklyn drill, and artists such as Central Cee carried it into the pop charts.
Artists it is known for: 67, Headie One, Digga D, Central Cee.
- Family
- Hip-Hop & Rap
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A scene
- From
- South London, early 2010s
- Also called
- british drill
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 6%
About 5,200 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have uk drill among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
UK Drill artists
Dave
Central Cee
Nemzzz
Knucks
D-Block Europe
Stormzy
AJ Tracey
Digga
Blanco
Headie OneThe uk drill artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.