‘These kids need you to listen, like, now!’: Towards culturally relevant teaching of local drill cultures in Australia

This article investigates the impact and motivations behind a negative response from a school principal to a music video produced in a Western Sydney high school, contextualizing the case against the dangerization of local artists performing drill music, a subgenre of hip hop. Following a storying approach, the article draws data from research topic yarns held between a non-Indigenous teacher-researcher, hip hop producer and education project officer. Through sharing our perspectives and voices, we table a provocation about the potential for drill music as a culturally relevant learning tool for engagement and connection within diverse Western Sydney communities.