CGM (an initialism for Cherish God More, Constantly Getting Money, Certified Grove Members etc.), is a British

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collective based in

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specifically the Portobello Estate. They were formerly known as 1011, named after the W10 and W11 postal codes. They are considered to be one of the pioneers of the

scene.

History

In 2015,

Digga D Rhys Angelo Emile Herbert (born 29 June 2000), known professionally as Digga D, is a British rapper. He rose to fame in 2017 along with his UK drill collective CGM (Cherish God More). His mixtapes '' Double Tap Diaries'' and '' Made In The Py ...

formed the UK drill group 1011 along with his friends in a local youth club in

. They released several singles from 2016 to 2017 including: "Kill Confirmed", "Play for the Pagans", and "No Hook". The group has since been banned from making music together and later rebranded as CGM, an acronym for Cherish God More, Constantly Getting Money, Certified Grove Members etc.

Current members

The list below includes confirmed members of CGM * Bigz (aka Biggz) * British * Bokolo (aka Bsav) * CJ *

* Dodgy (also known as AP, Darryl Lynch; formerly Itchy) * Duppy * Febz * Horrid1 (also known as Huncho, H1, Micah Bedeau) * Ice * JDF (aka JoDaFlippa, Flippa) * Johnny5ive (aka Juice, Johnny 5ive) * Kizzle * Lil ticke -former bootybandit * Lit Sav (aka Litz Sav) * Lity Y * Gatty (aka whteboi) * Luga Velz * MSkum * Osav * Rack5 * Alex clouter * Alec (aka Rackz, Ray Chris) * ReV * Sav'o (also known as Jsav, Jordan Bedeau) * Sini Sayso * Splasha * StrayBandz * (CGM) Striker * Swift * (CGM) TY(aka Yonas Girma) * Young Febz (aka Y.Febz) * Young Zapps (aka YZ) * (CGM) ZK (formerly Eleven)

Former members

* JDF * Loose1 (formerly KaySav) * Sini Sayso

Legal issues

On 9 November 2017, Digga D and members of 1011 were arrested in a

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in which they were carrying machetes and baseball bats. 1011 claimed they were making a drill music video, but police stated they were planning to attack a rival gang,

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. Digga and 1011 were convicted of conspiracy to commit violent disorder, sentenced to a year in jail, and was given a

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(CBO) in 2018 that required the group to have the Metropolitan Police's permission before releasing any new music, forbade them from using London postcodes, and banning references in lyrics to real-life incidents and people. Four of the group's music videos prior to the CBO were taken down, however, they were noted to have amassed over ten million combined views before removal. The CBO ban issued to 1011 was condemned by the campaign group

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and widely described as entirely unprecedented. Digga's lawyer noted that the CBO "gives the police and probation the ability to control and censor his art." The Metropolitan Police has since denied it was censorship. Det Ch Supt Kevin Southworth said at the time: "When in this instance you see a particular genre of music being used specifically to goad, to incite, to provoke, to inflame, that can only lead to acts of very serious violence being committed, that’s when it becomes a matter for the police. We're not in the business of killing anyone's fun, we're not in the business of killing anyone's artistic expression - we are in the business of stopping people being killed."

Discography

Mixtapes

* Horrid1 and Sav'o - ''Violent Siblings'' (2022) *Horrid1 and Sav'o - ''Evil brothers'' (2022)

References

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