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Re:Mapping the University of Chicago's 135-Year Expansion in... by HDThoreaun on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @02:57PM (#43335846)
Even closer to woodlawn and the infamous o block, arguably the birthplace of Chicago drill. Blocks away from campus
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Re:Mapping the University of Chicago's 135-Year Expansion in... by TMWNN on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @06:38PM (#43337865)
Relevant: TIL that Chicago street gangs today identify themselves by song. By listening to what drill music (a Chicago form of gansta rap) is playing, youths can tell which gang's territory they are in, or even when gangs are working together.

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>Drill rap, possibly the first genre of music that will end up disappearing because its practitioners have killed each other off.

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