OneFour: Drill rap trailblazers spark debate over art and censorship - BBC News

A standoff between a hip-hop act and law enforcement is fuelling a debate over art and censorship.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Tristan Stefan EdouardImage caption, OneFour members (L-R) Spenny, Celly and J Emz on the set of their new music videoBy Hannah RitchieBBC News, Sydney"We're not a gang. We're a music group," J Emz says, unflinchingly.

"We're a business."

The OneFour frontman is speaking in a small, hard-to-find recording studio wedged behind a refrigerator supply store in industrial outer Sydney.

It's here that Australia's most successful hip-hop act is finalising their new single.

The question I've asked J Emz - does OneFour have gang links? - has long stalked the group.

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