NYC drill rapper Lil Mabu is upper-crust WASP who attends $60,000-a-year Manhattan private school - Daily Mail

He's a popular rapper in the controversial 'drill' genre with over two million TikTok followers - but Lil Mabu has a surprising backstory as a senior at one of New York's oldest upscale private high schools.

In DeLuca's home city of New York, Mayor Eric Adams has called on Twitter and Instagram to dump 'drill' rap videos which he says promote gun violence.

Drill music is a sub-genre of hip-hop that is characterized by a dark, slow tempo, straightforward lyrics that focus on the dangers of criminal activity and an emotionless delivery.

The style of hip-hop has accumulated a strong following in Brooklyn and is accused to be a driving factor in the recent rise of gun violence targeting up-and-coming rappers.

In 2006, DeLuca's ex-wife Jane accused him of cheating her out of millions of dollars in their divorce settlement and has one New York City's few permits to concealed carry.

It was the death of Jayquan McKenley, 18, a drill rapper who goes by the name Chii Wvttz, who was killed outside a Brooklyn recording studio last week that struck a chord with the mayor.