London Gang Who Made Drill Rap Videos Sentenced After Being Found With Machetes

Micah Bedeau who, along with four others, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit violent disorder, is seen in a still from the drill music video "No Hook" in an image released by the Metropolitan Police in London on June 7, 2018. Metropolitan Police Handout via Reuters

LONDON—Five gang members who made a genre of music that police in London have linked with the surge of knife crime in the capital have been sentenced after being found with machetes and baseball bats.

The five men, ages 17 to 21, were sentenced on June 11 for conspiracy to commit violent disorder.