![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAlexei Navalny: Russian court throws out mother’s legal claimPublished4 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersA Russian court has rejected legal action brought by the mother of Alexei Navalny, his foundation says.Lyudmila Navalnaya had filed a claim of improper provision of medical care against the Arctic penal colony where her son was imprisoned when he died.Announcing his death last month, prison officials said he had gone for a walk, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness.His widow said he was killed on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.For years, Navalny was Russia’s most high-profile critic of Mr Putin. In 2022, he was sentenced to 19 years on charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.His team said Navalny had filed his own lawsuits for failure to provide medical care many times during the three years he spent in prison, but all were denied.Nicknamed Polar Wolf, the penal colony is known for a culture of collective punishment.The director of Navalny’s foundation claimed the letter received by Ms Navalnaya suggested that only Navalny himself could be a plaintiff in the claim.”I wonder how?” Ivan Zhdanov said in a post on Telegram.Yulia Navalnaya also reacted to the news on social media, claiming on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the case was dismissed to avoid evidence of her late husband’s death being aired in court.”There is only one reason [the case was dismissed] – at the trial, they have to provide documents and videos about what happened on 16 February,” she said.Russia’s most vociferous Putin criticPutin names Navalny and claims he agreed swapLife in notorious ‘Polar Wolf’ penal colonyThe Kremlin denied allegations that Navalny was murdered by Russian authorities, calling Western reaction to his death “hysterical”.For more than a decade, Mr Putin refused to refer to his political opponent by name, but this changed after his death.”As for Navalny, yes he passed away, this is always a sad event,” Mr Putin said after claiming his fifth term as president.Related TopicsRussiaAlexei NavalnyVladimir PutinMore on this storyPutin claims landslide and scorns US democracyPublished3 days agoNavalny ally blames Putin’s men for hammer attackPublished13 MarchNavalny’s mother ‘given hours to agree to secret burial’Published23 FebruaryWhat Navalny’s funeral tells us about Russia todayPublished2 MarchTop StoriesLive. US accuses Apple of monopolising smartphone marketLive. Which women might get state pension compensation? Your questions answeredInterest rate cuts ‘on the way’, says Bank bossPublished1 hour agoFeaturesUK sees biggest increase in poverty for 30 yearsNew hope for sisters trapped in their bodies’I go to bed with an empty stomach’ – Haiti hunger spreadsA museum tried reverse misogyny. Now a man is suingThe new 28-year-old peer who wants to scrap the LordsThe boy killed by his ‘sadistic’ motherHow climate change made Easter eggs pricier’Our school has been crumbling for 20 years’Poland’s ‘Heart of the Garden’ named tree of 2024Elsewhere on the BBC’It was a song that broke all the rules’The epic story behind Bohemian Rhapsody, featuring Brian May and Roger TaylorAttributioniPlayerThe powerful emotional impact of Pink Floyd’s musicShine On You Crazy Diamond has helped people through their hardest timesAttributionSounds’A few people laughed, a few cried, most were silent’The extraordinary story of the rise and fall of the inventor of the atomic bomb, J Robert OppenheimerAttributioniPlayerThe most famous waterway in the Americas is running dryThe Global Story explores the impact on the international shipping industryAttributionSoundsMost Read1Harry Kane statue revealed before going on display2Terminally ill grandad scoops £1m lottery prize3Holyrood staff banned from wearing rainbow lanyard4Bank boss says UK interest rate cut ‘on the way’5Mum guilty of murdering scalded and caned son6The Sun ‘unlawfully targeted’ Meghan, court hears7C4 says bosses didn’t know about Brand allegations8Kermit the Frog honoured in new fossil find9TV’s Julie Goodyear slowly fading away, says husband10New hope for sisters trapped in their bodies](https://newsinsightplus.com/wp-content/uploads/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/16F4C/production/_132982049_ee59e0c2fd813cb1e60a35ccc5164e2aeff3c8df0_33_4400_24751000x563.jpg)
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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAlexei Navalny: Russian court throws out mother’s legal claimPublished4 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersA Russian court has rejected legal action brought by the mother of Alexei Navalny, his foundation says.Lyudmila Navalnaya had filed a claim of improper provision of medical care against the Arctic penal colony where her son was imprisoned when he died.Announcing his death last month, prison officials said he had gone for a walk, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness.His widow said he was killed on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.For years, Navalny was Russia’s most high-profile critic of Mr Putin. In 2022, he was sentenced to 19 years on charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.His team said Navalny had filed his own lawsuits for failure to provide medical care many times during the three years he spent in prison, but all were denied.Nicknamed Polar Wolf, the penal colony is known for a culture of collective punishment.The director of Navalny’s foundation claimed the letter received by Ms Navalnaya suggested that only Navalny himself could be a plaintiff in the claim.”I wonder how?” Ivan Zhdanov said in a post on Telegram.Yulia Navalnaya also reacted to the news on social media, claiming on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the case was dismissed to avoid evidence of her late husband’s death being aired in court.”There is only one reason [the case was dismissed] – at the trial, they have to provide documents and videos about what happened on 16 February,” she said.Russia’s most vociferous Putin criticPutin names Navalny and claims he agreed swapLife in notorious ‘Polar Wolf’ penal colonyThe Kremlin denied allegations that Navalny was murdered by Russian authorities, calling Western reaction to his death “hysterical”.For more than a decade, Mr Putin refused to refer to his political opponent by name, but this changed after his death.”As for Navalny, yes he passed away, this is always a sad event,” Mr Putin said after claiming his fifth term as president.Related TopicsRussiaAlexei NavalnyVladimir PutinMore on this storyPutin claims landslide and scorns US democracyPublished3 days agoNavalny ally blames Putin’s men for hammer attackPublished13 MarchNavalny’s mother ‘given hours to agree to secret burial’Published23 FebruaryWhat Navalny’s funeral tells us about Russia todayPublished2 MarchTop StoriesLive. US accuses Apple of monopolising smartphone marketLive. Which women might get state pension compensation? Your questions answeredInterest rate cuts ‘on the way’, says Bank bossPublished1 hour agoFeaturesUK sees biggest increase in poverty for 30 yearsNew hope for sisters trapped in their bodies’I go to bed with an empty stomach’ – Haiti hunger spreadsA museum tried reverse misogyny. Now a man is suingThe new 28-year-old peer who wants to scrap the LordsThe boy killed by his ‘sadistic’ motherHow climate change made Easter eggs pricier’Our school has been crumbling for 20 years’Poland’s ‘Heart of the Garden’ named tree of 2024Elsewhere on the BBC’It was a song that broke all the rules’The epic story behind Bohemian Rhapsody, featuring Brian May and Roger TaylorAttributioniPlayerThe powerful emotional impact of Pink Floyd’s musicShine On You Crazy Diamond has helped people through their hardest timesAttributionSounds’A few people laughed, a few cried, most were silent’The extraordinary story of the rise and fall of the inventor of the atomic bomb, J Robert OppenheimerAttributioniPlayerThe most famous waterway in the Americas is running dryThe Global Story explores the impact on the international shipping industryAttributionSoundsMost Read1Harry Kane statue revealed before going on display2Terminally ill grandad scoops £1m lottery prize3Holyrood staff banned from wearing rainbow lanyard4Bank boss says UK interest rate cut ‘on the way’5Mum guilty of murdering scalded and caned son6The Sun ‘unlawfully targeted’ Meghan, court hears7C4 says bosses didn’t know about Brand allegations8Kermit the Frog honoured in new fossil find9TV’s Julie Goodyear slowly fading away, says husband10New hope for sisters trapped in their bodies
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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaGaza’s Nasser hospital: Fears for patients as Israeli raid continuesPublished30 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, UGCImage caption, Footage verified by the BBC shows chaotic scenes at the hospitalBy Rushdi Abu Alouf in Istanbul & Kathryn Armstrong in LondonBBC NewsThe Israeli military says its special forces are still inside the Nasser hospital in Gaza as fears grow for patients at the site. Israel launched what it described as a “precise and limited mission” there on Thursday. The military says it has caught “dozens of terror suspects”. Hamas dismissed that claim as “lies”. The Hamas-run health ministry said five people died after generators failed.The World Health Organization (WHO) said the facility urgently needed fuel.It said the fuel was vital to “ensure the continuation of the provision of life-saving services”.Tarik Jasarevic, a WHO spokesperson, said there were now reports that the orthopaedic unit at the hospital, in the city of Khan Younis, had been damaged.”That obviously reduces the ability to provide the urgent medical care,” he said, adding there were still “critically injured and sick patients” at the hospital. “More degradation to the hospital means more lives being lost.” Nasser is the main hospital in southern Gaza, and is one of the few still functioning. It has been the scene of intense fighting between the IDF and Hamas for days.Why are Israel and Hamas fighting in GazaJeremy Bowen: Death and Israel’s search for “total victory”An injured man who had to leave the hospital said the conditions there were dire. “Since they besieged it, there is no water or food,” Raed Abed told the Associated Press.”Garbage is widespread, and sewage has flooded the emergency department.”The hospital’s director, Nahed Abu-Teima, told BBC Arabic the situation inside was “catastrophic and very dangerous”. The Hamas-run health ministry reported on Friday that the five people who died at the hospital did so after the electricity generators went down and oxygen could not be provided.The deaths have not been independently verified.On Wednesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) ordered thousands of displaced people who had been sheltering there to leave.Images, verified by the BBC, showed medical staff rushing patients on stretchers through a corridor filled with smoke or dust.This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Patients rushed through smoke, bodies moved – what we can see in video from Nasser hospital raidThe IDF believes Hamas has been using hospitals and other civilian bases as shields for military activities.”We can’t give them [Hamas] a free pass, we have to make sure that they are pursued and hunted down,” IDF spokesperson Lt Col Peter Lerner told the BBC.He said the military had been making “a huge effort to evacuate people from the hospital in order to get them out of harm’s way”, denying claims that civilians had been targeted. The IDF said that among those it had captured at the hospital were 20 Hamas members who were part of the 7 October attacks on Israel. It also said it had found weapons, including grenades, at the facility. The military is also searching for the bodies of Israeli hostages which it said intelligence suggests might be hidden in the hospital. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said Israeli tanks were targeting the nearby Al-Amal hospital, “resulting in very severe damage in two nursing rooms”.They wrote on social media that nobody had been hurt. Intense hostilities have been reported around the hospital recently. The PRCS said it was raided last week after some 8,000 displaced people and patients complied with an order to evacuate.On Friday, they said that two doctors who were arrested during the raid had been released, while 12 other staff remained in custody. .flourish-container{position:relative;color:#404040;font-family:’Helmet’, ‘Freesans’, ‘Helvetica’, ‘Arial’, sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4}.flourish-embed{position:relative}
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Israel launched its military offensive after waves of Hamas fighters burst through Israel’s border on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people – mainly civilians – and taking 253 others back to Gaza as hostages.The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 28,700 people, mainly women and children – have been killed in Israel’s campaign. Israel is facing increasing international pressure to show restraint but efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting have not yet yielded any results. A senior Palestinian official familiar with the ceasefire talks told the BBC that the gap between the negotiating parties was still wide and there were disagreements over many of the proposed provisions.Senior officials from the US, Israel, Egypt and Qatar have been meeting in Cairo this week to try and hammer out a deal.The official said that the main issue remains the disagreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what happens the day after the war is over. The US want to rely on a strengthened Palestinian Authority, while Israel is against having a single administration in charge of the West Bank and Gaza. Another disagreement is over Israel’s aim of completely destroying Hamas, which the US thinks will be difficult to achieve anytime soon. The US is said to be trying to pressure the two sides to reach a long period of calm to make it difficult for the two sides to return to fighting again.Related TopicsMiddle EastIsrael-Gaza warIsraelHamasMore on this storyGaza hospital in ‘catastrophic’ state as Israeli troops raidPublished21 hours agoIsrael orders evacuation of south Gaza hospitalPublished1 day agoTop StoriesLive. Outrage and shock at report of Navalny’s sudden deathJob not done despite huge poll wins over Tories, says StarmerPublished2 hours agoChris Mason: Tory gloom deepens after double poll blowPublished4 hours agoFeaturesAlexei Navalny, Russia’s most vociferous Putin criticWatch Yulia Navalnaya speak following report of husband’s death. VideoWatch Yulia Navalnaya speak following report of husband’s deathWeekly quiz: Who could join Sinéad in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?John Curtice: By-elections leave Tories ‘with mountain to climb’ Two by-elections, two Labour wins… in two minutes. VideoTwo by-elections, two Labour wins… in two minutesLondon Fashion Week celebrates 40 years of posingZendaya channels cyborg chic at Dune premiere. VideoZendaya channels cyborg chic at Dune premiereMillions of donkeys killed each year to make medicineXbox games on Nintendo and PlayStation: Is the console war over?Elsewhere on the BBCHair-pulling, wrestling and kicking!Watch the moment a violent brawl unfolded in the Maldives ParliamentAttributioniPlayer’No one was treating me seriously’The woman who went for viral for claiming to be Madeleine McCann explains her motivesAttributionSoundsTime-travelling back to 1984 through the BBC archivesHits from Wham!, U2, Madonna, Lionel Richie and moreAttributioniPlayerThe Swedish furniture king’s billionaire lifestyleDeconstructing IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad and his eccentric way of livingAttributionSoundsMost Read1Amy Schumer hits back at comments about her face2King’s cancer may bring family closer, says Harry3Father jailed for life for toddler’s murder4Teenage victim of fatal stabbing named by police5Brian Wilson’s family seeks conservatorship6Jordan North to leave Radio 1 after 10 years7Tory gloom deepens after double poll blow8Six taken to hospital as migrants found in lorry9Shephard and Deeley named This Morning hosts10Jury told Emma Caldwell accused committed ‘appalling’ crimes](https://newsinsightplus.com/wp-content/uploads/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/17CD8/production/_132669479_nasser.jpg)
![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaOneFour: How drill music trailblazers have divided AustraliaPublished17 hours 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.To fans, the rappers are pioneers: five Sāmoan-Australians from one of Sydney’s poorest postcodes who have used their explosive sound to give voice to millions of marginalised young people. But to police, OneFour is a threat to community safety, to be managed and contained. For years, they have blocked the group from performing at home by arguing their music incites violence – triggering a complex debate about art and censorship.Violent or visionary? OneFour is made up of J Emz (Jerome Misa), 25; his brother Pio “YP” Misa, 22; Spencer “Spenny” Magalogo, 25; Salec “Lekks” Su’a, 27; and Dahcell “Celly” Ramos, 28.They are the undisputed faces of Australian drill music – a subversive style of hip-hop that tells unfiltered stories of crime, poverty and social dislocation by people who have lived it. Their songs have accrued more than 150 million streams and focus on their experiences growing up in Mount Druitt, a Sydney suburb which has long been the subject of stories about struggle and unemployment, not art.But it’s a melting pot of diverse communities, littered with family-run businesses, busy churches and mosques.Image source, NetflixImage caption, J Emz (centre) says OneFour tells authentic stories of western Sydney”A lot of people were embarrassed to say they were from Mounty growing up. I never was though, I wore it on my sleeve,” J Emz tells me.”It’s home, it’s family. Everything I do in life refers to where I’m from.” OneFour formed in 2014. Their name is a nod to that year and – police allege – the notorious Mount Druitt street gang NF14, which has been in an ongoing war with 21 District, a rival gang from the nearby suburb of Parramatta.But it was a local Mormon church choir that first brought them together as kids, J Emz explains.And it shows up in their music – which often juxtaposes heavy rap verses with soothing gospel-like vocals. Their breakout moment came in 2019 with The Message, a high-octane track that went viral within days, earning the group praise from rap titans including Dave and A$AP Ferg.In the track’s video, dozens of young Pasifika men rally around OneFour at Mount Druitt’s courthouse. Smoke billows as lyrics like “retaliation is a must, ain’t no maybes, ifs or buts” slap in time to the beat.But one now-infamous line also caught the attention of police: “21 what, but one got knocked, ha! I guess that makes them 20.”Police said it referenced the recent murder of a 21 District member and argued that OneFour’s lyrics were inciting violence.Image source, NetflixImage caption, OneFour’s songs have been streamed over 100 million times on SpotifyThe group was soon being monitored by two elite police units – Strike Force Raptor, created to hunt underground criminal networks, and Strike Force Imbara, which investigates gang feuds. “I’m going to use everything in my power to make your life miserable, until you stop doing what you’re doing,” Sergeant Nathan Trueman from Raptor told the ABC in 2019, in a recorded voice memo addressed to the rappers. A years-long campaign to block OneFour from performing has followed, leading to the cancellation of a national tour, repeated raids on the artists’ homes, and pressure on streaming services to shun their tracks. “Just as police do not tolerate public acts of violence, they also won’t tolerate any behaviour – including music – that clearly incites and provokes retribution and other violent behaviour,” NSW Police said in a statement to the BBC.OneFour maintain their lyrics “spread awareness of what life is like in western Sydney” and that social commentary is not a crime.”We make music about our life experiences and what we’ve had to go through,” J Emz says. “It’s [frustrating] that people that don’t even know you or want to understand your story, want to shut you down.” But a series of violent incidents involving several of the group’s members have complicated the picture and increased police scrutiny. All except Spenny have criminal records for drug, robbery, or assault charges. In 2019 Lekks, Celly and YP were jailed for a pub brawl in which YP wielded a chair leg and Celly hit a man with a hammer – an incident allegedly triggered by a racist slur. Image source, Tristan Stefan EdouardImage caption, J Emz and Spenny were the only members not in prison when OneFour launched their EPThe three were ultimately given maximum sentences of between four and eight years. It’s not something the group shies away from though, instead using songs like Welcome to Prison to explore the cycle of violence and incarceration that has plagued their community. “I was taught from young that I’d get caught up in the system didn’t listen, and that’s how I got done,” YP raps in one verse. J Emz is convinced that music is their only path to a different life. “It’s a type of therapy… after releasing certain songs, there’s a burden, a weight off our shoulders.”And criminologists say the argument that the group’s music incites violence doesn’t stack up.”The idea that we can draw this correlation that people are more likely to offend because of these lyrics is a bit ludicrous – it’s simply not played out in the statistics,” says Professor Murray Lee from the University of Sydney. “The way police are approaching OneFour is completely counterproductive because it feeds into the narrative of them being outlaws. And it’s that authenticity that sells their music.” ‘This ain’t Home and Away’Some of hip-hop’s most iconic artists have butted heads with police. NWA’s run-ins with US law enforcement in the 1980s inspired their critically acclaimed album, Straight Outta Compton, but it also led to a cease-and-desist order from the FBI.More recently, the UK’s Metropolitan Police has blamed London’s drill scene for fuelling gang crime, and requested the removal of hundreds of music videos from social media.But in Australia – where rap artists have often failed to find success – there has “never been a campaign targeting musicians like this”, says culture journalist Osman Faruqi. “It’s a similar situation to what NWA experienced. The key difference being that the US grappled with these questions about music and censorship 40 years ago, and has largely arrived on the side of artists.”Faruqi argues that OneFour’s struggle cuts to the core of a bigger debate about who is permitted to tell stories in Australia “and make a living out of it”.It’s even become the subject of a Netflix documentary about the group, called Against All Odds, after their EP.Director Gabriel Gasparinatos says OneFour’s raw talent first drew him in, but it was police efforts to “shut them down” and the competing narratives about what the group represented that kept his camera rolling.Image source, Tristan Stefan EdouardImage caption, J Emz says the group is keen for new artistic challenges”Australia loves to celebrate an underdog or a criminal – Ned Kelly is a national icon, our unofficial anthem Waltzing Matilda is about a sheep thief. So, it was kind of fascinating that the public didn’t get behind OneFour in the same way,” he explains.”There’s an element of it motivated by race, part of it is class. There’s also a stigma around a place like Mount Druitt – maybe people wanted to avoid promoting that version of this country, but it’s a far more accurate depiction of Australia today than the surfy, sun-kissed lifestyle we market.”It’s a conversation OneFour is also having through tracks like This Ain’t Home and Away – which contrasts the idyllic beach-loving lifestyle of Australia’s most popular soap with the neglected corners of Mount Druitt.Faruqi adds: “There would be people now in parts of south London, or Chicago who know more about Mount Druitt than they do about Bondi Beach, and that is a fascinating by-product of the success of Onefour.” The next chapter On the set of OneFour’s new song – Freedom of Speech – J Emz, Spenny and Celly are the only members present. YP is still serving his prison sentence and Lekks has recently been deported to New Zealand. The mood is polite yet focused, as the three quietly rehearse their verses. Extras arrive dressed in police uniforms, for a scene involving the burning of a mock-up cop car.Their manager Ricky Simandjuntak is nearby, as are creatives from Mount Druitt running everything from the cameras to the choreography.”We’re not competing with other Australian artists, we’re competing with Drake, BTS, Blackpink – that’s the standard we’ve got to work to,” Simandjuntak tells me.Image source, Tristan Stefan EdouardImage caption, Celly, J Emz and Spenny are fronting OneFour’s new music videoHis gaze returns to Celly, whose voice has long appeared on OneFour’s tracks in the form of prison phone calls. Now Celly is learning to adjust to his newfound fame while also trying to integrate back into society.”People see gangs as reckless groups who come together to commit crime,” Simandjuntak continues. “Often these are kids who are getting picked on or hurt who band together to protect one another. That mentality served them when they were younger, but now they’re learning a different way.”But there are reminders that not everything is in their control. A few weeks after I visit OneFour on set, headlines are made when Sydney police arrest two men who had allegedly accepted a contract to murder all the group’s members except Lekks. Police said an “organised crime network” that had “conflict” with the rappers could be behind the plot, which had been foiled. They did not elaborate further and OneFour declined the BBC’s request to comment on the matter. On the day of the arrests the group posted a cryptic video on Instagram set to 50 Cent’s track Many Men (Wish Death), before later removing it. But for now, OneFour’s next step is to support rapper The Kid LAROI on his Australia tour next month.It will be a chance to test the limits of their relationship with police, which the group says is slowly improving.With the group’s sound having given life to a thriving drill ecosystem across Australia, J Emz says OneFour is now ready to evolve and extend themselves artistically. “Everyone’s seen and heard our drill music. We’re capable of more than that,” he says. “We’re artists. We’re musicians. And I feel like the world will know that soon.”Related TopicsDrill musicAustraliaMore on this storyAustralia police foil alleged plot to kill rappersPublished11 JanuaryDrill music ‘increasingly used in court cases’Published13 January 2021Instagram ‘wrong’ to take down drill music videoPublished22 November 2022Top StoriesUN in aid plea after staff accused of Israel attackPublished2 hours agoLive. ‘It just wasn’t working’: Badenoch on Post Office chairman’s departurePost Office chairman asked to step downPublished50 minutes agoFeaturesWho invented butter chicken? Creamy dish centre of court battleWhen Louis Vuitton tries to make you change your brand nameAuschwitz film was ‘like Big Brother’ in house next to campKuenssberg: What do voters think of party leaders? 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