New York City Mayor Eric Adams clarifies criticism of drill music after meeting with rappers.
of the meeting on his Instagram account on Tuesday evening of the rappers gathering with Adams.
"We're going to roll out something together on the whole conversation," Adams said in the video posted by Maino. Adams appeared to point the finger at the genre, which often includes violent lyrics and videos, in comments he made last week where he suggested that social media companies restrict artists from posting their music.“We are going to pull together the social media companies and sit down with them and state that you have a civic and corporate responsibility,” Adams said while discussing drill rap last week.
Fivio Foreign, one of the most popular New York City drill rappers who met with the mayor on Tuesday, urged Adams to “fight with us not against us.”
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