Vicious Point-Scoring Game For Knife Attacks Fuels Knife Murders In Great Britain
By Hank Berrien
50 points for stab to head, 30 for arm, 20 for stomach
In Great Britain, knife crime is rising precipitously, and one reason suspected for the increase is a game that scores knife attacks that is followed by gangs on social media.
The vicious game, called “The Tally Up” challenge, aka “Street Scores” or “Street Shark,” entails gang members scoring 50 points for stabbing someone in the head, 30 points for stabbing someone in the arm, and 20 points for knifing someone in the stomach. According to The Sun, “The craze is spreading through Snapchat and Instagram and is referenced in drill rap videos.”
In recent years, teenagers have been murdered in London in attacks linked to drill rap, including Jermaine Goupall, 15, who was killed in a knife attack by drill artist M-Trap 0, aka Junior Simpson, 17, who created videos rapping about knife attacks; John Ogunjobi, 16, whose murder prompted a drill rap gang to mock his family, saying he had his stomach “cut open like a bear” in a YouTube video, and Marcel Addai, 18, stabbed to death in a murder that was linked to drill rap. The Sun reported, “The judge said the videos posted on YouTube to taunt each other were “at the heart” of the attack in 2015.
Last month, in West Sussex, someone was stabbed in the head, chest and arms. One police source told The Sun, “This was a points score for the game. The head is the most points you can get which is why it was targeted but the fear is it will lead to more lives than ever being lost.”
The Sun researched the issue and found references to the game in drill raps with videos of street violence shared online. The Sun quoted various lyrics from the raps including “Bang, bang, I made the street messy. Bang, bang and I don’t feel sorry for his mum. Gang sh** Still drillin’ – check the scores. Tally Up,” and “We up five, matter fact boy we up six. Scoring up not a sh**. Ni**as no. Shellin, sh** den, splash the streets for scores.”
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