Life on the Farm
Broadwater Farm Estate, Tottenham, is the birthplace of Original Farm Boys – a drill collective whose members Headie One, Bandokay, and Abra Cadabra have defined UK rap. With Laurens Van Hoorick and Roemer Spakman, we created Life on the Farm, a fanzine tracing OFB’s rise, the estate’s influence, and drill’s contested role in British culture. Drill often attracts moral panic, tied to violence and censorship, but our zine embraced these stereotypes only to subvert them. Using bold reds and police blues, alongside knife imagery, we staged shock to expose systemic neglect and injustice. The Dutch-language edition pushed the conversation further, addressing drill’s underrepresentation beyond the UK. Through provocation and critique, the fanzine celebrates drill as expression and survival – an artistic outlet shaped by community resilience, not merely crime or controversy.