“Clipse legend Pusha T was asked recently who the three best “coke rappers” are. Push suggested Jay-Z, Jeezy and himself – humility’s never been the most prominent side effect of cocaine usage – but he should’ve nominated 21-year-old UK drill star Rhys “Digga D” Herbert. Just like drill, Digga has long been demonised by the authorities, but his thrillingly truculent, articulate flow has delivered a”
“For the past three years, Ladbroke Grove’s Digga D has trumped his competition time and time again with his menacing drill hits. Before his 2019 breakthrough hit ‘No Diet’, the young west Londoner had been in and out of jail while suffering sanctions that are, effectively, musical censorship (in 2018, his work was included in the drill videos banned from YouTube at the behest of the Metropolitan P”
“The drill rapper sets juvenile joy against the harshest realities that some of the UK’s young people face, encapsulating the stiff push and pull of street violence.”
“It’s within the realms of possibility that West London Drill artist Digga D’s most committed listeners are those working inside Scotland Yard. As detailed in 2020’s excellent BBC Three documentary Defending Digga D, Digga D, real name Rhys Herbert, must notify the police within 24 hours of releasing new music, as well as providing them with the lyrics. Based on the Old Bill’s discretion, if his w”
