A “drill” rapper who boasted about his drug trafficking in songs and music videos has been jailed for selling crack cocaine and heroin.

       Olusogo Ajewole, who performed under the name B-Levelz, ran a drugs line around Basildon, Essex, selling Class A drugs.

       While wearing masks and balaclavas, the 33-year-old bragged in his videos about making large sums of money by recruiting “youngers” to sell drugs for him.

       In his lyrics, Ajewole even references how specialist drug officers were coming after him, saying: “Raptor’s got me on edge”, a reference to Essex drug officers working under the name Operation Raptor.

       Drill music has gained controversy for its often violent and nihilistic lyrics, and has been blamed by judges for escalating gang violence.

       Police used the rapper’s music videos as evidence given to the Crown Prosecution Service following a five-month operation to bring him down.

       In December 2020, officers raided Ajewole’s home and found the criminal in his living room sitting on the sofa, next to a set of digital scales and cocaine being prepared for sale. The drugs had a street value of about ￡5,600.

       Police also found a tub of coins containing about ￡3,000.

       Ajewole appeared at Basildon Crown Court on April 1 2021, and was sentenced last Friday after admitting conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin. He was jailed for five years and eight months.

       His associate Shane Butcher, 20, of Chevers Pawen, Basildon, was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years.

       Scott McCormack, 24, was also arrested in connection with the investigation and admitted conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin. He is yet to be sentenced.

       ‘Nothing glamourous about drug dealing’

       Det Insp Scott Fitzmaurice from Essex Police said that the lyrics and boasts in the videos had played a part in the rapper’s downfall.

       He said: “Ajewole was literally caught in the act and the evidence we had compiled against him over the course of five months of investigation meant he had no opportunity but to plead guilty.

       “He ran the H line, with Butcher and McCormack as his trusted associates, and employed runners to sell the drugs to customers.”

       He added: “Ajewole glorified the lifestyle of a drug dealer in his music videos, bragging about selling drugs and making money, and using young boys to sell drugs.

       “But the truth is there is nothing glamorous about drug dealing and what he describes in those videos is exploitation of children, needless violence and the selfish pursuit of making money off the back of other people’s misery.”