The Chicago drill wave
has spread all over the US
and has now made its way to the Bronx.
Just like Chiraq,
Bronx rappers talk about real-life situations goin down in the streets in their music.
Let's take a look at some Bronx drill lyrics that really happened.
“It’s a whole lotta opps I can smoke but I rather smoke Delilah” – Sha Ek D&D
Sha Ek is a Bronx rapper from the OGz.
He's known for songs like "RPT K", "Call Me a Rapper",
and "Jiggy Man This, Jiggy Man That".
He started rapping in 2020 and has dropped two albums "Jiggyonjiggy"
and "Get Jiggy or Die Tryin".
In this bar, Shek is taking shots at rapper DThang
by dissing one of his dead homies.
DThang is from the YGz, who are known to beef with the OGz.
Just like the GD’s and BD’s from Chicago,
the OG and YGz used to be part of the same gang.
But one of the YGz leaders double-crossed some other high-ranking members,
so they split and formed their own gang, the OGz and the two gangs been beefing ever since.
Also like Chicago drill, rappers from the Bronx
rap about smoking dead opps to disrespect their enemies.
In this bar, Sha is talking about a girl named Delilah,
who was a close friend of DThang and was killed back in March.
Delilah was shot in the head in abandoned apartment on Hull Ave
in the Norwood neighborhood about 10 blocks from where she grew up.
Witnesses said after the shooting, a gun was tossed out of the window and several people,
all believed to be blood members, exited the building.
Police got there just after 10 pm and rushed Delilah to the hospital,
where she was pronounced dead.
The cops said the apartment building near East Gun Hill Road
was a spot where gang members hung out.
Delilah was not affiliated with any gangs, but she knew several members, including DThang.
Police arrested multiple people who were inside the building
and brought them in for questioning, but the killer’s still on the run.
So, in this bar, Sha Ek is dissing his opp
by taking shots at one of his dead friends.
But the YGz aint just take the disrespect
and got even in both the streets and the booth.
“Jiggy man got shot and he shoulda died” – Wedgie Man
In this bar, DThang sends shots back at Sha Ek.
One of Sha Ek’s nicknames is Jiggy Man.
One of his most popular songs is called "Jiggy Man This Jiggy Man That"
and both his albums refer to his nickname.
So, in this bar, DThang suggests Sha Ek got shot for his constant dissing.
Word on the streets is he got shot in 2020 by a female YG member.
Sha Ek basically confirms this in an interview when interviewer brings up the shooting
and asks him whether or not it’s true.
Sha Ek don’t confirm or deny it but just shakes his head and smiles,
telling her ‘if you know, you know”.
Okay cool, so..
it was-
I don't know-
it was a rumor saying that you got shot,
is that true?
If you know you know.
She asks if him getting shot makes him want to stop making diss tracks,
and he just shakes his head and tells her that it motivated him.
Wouldn't that make you want to stop doing all the diss tracks?
Being that you know.
That I got shot?
Yeah you don't want to put yourself at risk no more
That **** motivated me that ****
That **** is- you feel me?
That's why I get my aggressive- Like my aggressiveness from like
The actual title of the track Wedgie Man is also dissing Sha Ek,
who went viral after one of his homies gave him a wedgie while hanging out on the block.
After that, his opps started calling him Wedgie Man, instead of Jiggy Man to hurt his street cred.
Later in the song, DThang raps ‘Wedgie Man This, Wedgie Man That,
Please Stop Mentioning My Name in Y’all Tracks”, referencing Sha Ek’s most popular song.
But Sha Ek aint the only member from the OGz to get dissed.
This next rapper dropped bars about an OG member who got stomped to death back in 2012,
as well as a friend of Lil Tjay, who got stabbed 14 times over a bike sale.
“Noah got stomped like smelly got poked” – Yus Gz Warzone
Yus Gz is a rapper from the YGz.
In this bar, he drops disses back to back about two dead opps – Noah and Smelly
On April 16th, 2012, an OGz affiliate named Moises Lora aka Noah
was beaten to death outside the Melrose Housing Projects.
Witnesses say a group of YG members got drunk
and started arguing about who was the biggest savage in the gang.
They couldn’t agree on who put in the most work,
so to find out they decided to head over to the OGz territory.
When they got there, they saw 16 year old Noah Balla and attacked him.
He was surrounded by a group
and badly beaten up in front of a crowd of like 15 to 20 people.
Noah suffered from blunt impact injuries to the head and neck
and was rushed to the hospital but later pronounced dead.
Noah was well-loved in the neighborhood and many said he was a good kid
who just ran with the wrong crowd.
His brutal death was a shock to the neighborhood
and intensified the beef between the OGz and the YGz.
A 23-year-old YGz member named William Bracy aka Rel
was later sentenced to 33 years in prison for Noah’s death.
But Noah aint the only person Yus Gz dissed.
He also took shots at Smelly, one of Lil Tjay’s close friends.
Esmeryln Toribio aka Smelly and Lil Tjay grew up together around Ryer Avenue
in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx.
On August 14th, 2016, Smelly sold a dirt bike to a man named Hector Sanchez.
Smelly offered to sell Sanchez the bike for $80, even though it was easily worth $300.
Sanchez agreed to buy the bike and paid him the $80.
But about 10 minutes later, Smelly came back with a large group
and demanded the bike back.
When Sanchez refused, a fight broke out and Smelly punched him multiple times.
Sanchez pulled out a knife and stabbed Smelly 14 times in the chest.
He was rushed to St. Barnabus Hospital but already lost too much blood
and died from his injuries.
After that, Lil Tjay’s homies started going by the name Smelly Gang
and the rapper carried on his friend’s legacy by shouting him out in several songs.
But if you thought that was crazy, this next rapper dissed his opp
after he saw him in public and wasn’t ready for action.
“Rah Rah he saw me he ain’t let it clap” – Kay Flock – What Y’all Wanna Do?
K Flock is arguably the biggest buzzing Bronx drill rapper at the moment.
He racked up millions of views on tracks like "Being Honest" and "Is Ya Ready?"
He also scored a feature from G Herbo on the Being Honest Remix
and was just featured on a song with Lil Tjay called "Not in the Mood", with Fivio Foreign.
So, Kay Flock is on his way to doing big things in the industry
if he can stay out of trouble.
But just because he’s blowing up don’t mean that he’s above sending shots at the opps in his music.
Kay Flock is from a gang called SevSide, who are also known to beef with the YGz.
In this bar, he’s taking shots at YG member named Rah Gzz.
Kay Flock and Rah Gzz were known to beef on IG Live.
But K Flock says, they ran into each other in public and Rah aint want the smoke.
Not long after the alleged incident, Rah Gz went on live and told Kay Flock to pull up,
claiming he never saw him and that he was ready for whatever.
Sadly, Rah Gz got killed just a few weeks later while getting into an Uber.
On July 11th, 2021
the rapper was on his way to the studio, when two men on scooters pulled up
and started letting off shots.
The whole thing was captured on his Uber driver’s dashcam
and the footage quickly went viral on social media.
Just a few hours earlier, a 13-year-old member of the Rollin 80’s crips
named Jaryan Elliot was murdered in the Belmont neighborhood.
Rah Gz had supposedly made fun of Jaryan on social media
and the payback was immediate.
“You ran on Woo Lotti Get Back” – Kay Flock - War
In this bar, he raps about YG member, Woo Lotti, who got killed in 2020.
Woo Lotti grew up in the Mott Haven Houses, one of the wildest projects in the Bronx.
He was a well-respected member of the YG'z and DThang’s right-hand man.
On April 7th, 2020,
Woo Lotti and a few other YGz members
were walking through the Sugar Hill neighborhood in Harlem.
They were spotted by opps who were ready for war.
Around 1 am in the area around 151st Street and St. Nicholas Ave,
a black rental car pulled up and like 8 dudes hopped out the whip
with broomsticks and butcher knives.
The YG'z tried to run away, but Woo Lotti tripped and fell.
He was caught by the mob and beaten with a metal trash can and stabbed to death,
all while the other YGz members just ran off.
So, in this bar,
Kay Flock is getting at them for running away and leaving their man to fend for himself.
Kay Flock also disses Woo Lotti on the track "What Ya’ll Wanna Do?"
“P*** ran and he tripped out his shoes
Spin through the hill like what y’all wanna do?"
So, it seems like the YGz were looking for problems and found what they were after.
But they probably aint think their opps would slide with butcher knives and broomsticks.
Woo Lotti’s death was a major loss for the YG’z and after that,
a few members pulled up to Cortland to let it be known they were out for blood.
Not long after Woo Lotti’s death, one of his opps Ty Benji went online to celebrate.
Ty ended up getting chipped just a few months later
and many think that it was payback for him dissing Woo Lotti.
The Bronx has always been a wild place,
but the drill scene is exporsing fans to what’s really going on in the city.
Hopefully, now that the music is starting to blow up,
they can put the past behind them and focus on building a legit music career.
But with so much bloodshed on both sides,