Drill rapper M24 has sparked outrage, after he shared footage of himself defying lockdown rules to shoot a music video at an outdoor gathering on Saturday night.

The musician – a rising member of Brixton, south London, crew 150 – took to his Instagram account to upload clips of himself rapping to his latest track as a crowd surrounded him on a housing estate, clearly flouting social distancing rules.

Showing that they were aware of the risks of their actions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of those featured in the clip were seeing sporting surgical masks as they danced and rapped along to his track in unison.

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Footage: Drill rapper M24 has sparked outrage, after he shared footage of himself defying lockdown rules to shoot a music video at an outdoor gathering on Saturday night

Wearing a black ensemble that included ripped jeans and a 'DIOR' T-shirt, M24 was seen sitting atop a truck and gesticulating for the camera, while a group of gyrating young women sat behind him.

He also danced enthusiastically with the same young women in front of one of the doorways outside the housing estate, before taking centre stage in the midst of a larger crowd of men as he displayed his moves.

In a clip immediately proceeding the Instagram footage, M4 was seen yelling 'gang s**t' at the camera before speeding off in his luxury black Mercedes.

Crowd: The musician – a rising member of Brixton, south London, crew 150 – took to his Instagram account to upload clips of himself rapping to his latest track as a crowd surrounded

Truck: Wearing a black ensemble that included ripped jeans and a 'DIOR' T-shirt, M24 was seen sitting atop a truck and gesticulating for the camera

Meanwhile, footage on Snapchat showed a crowd dancing in a kitchen. However, the revelry was short-lived, as a police car later arrived to break up the gathering.

However, while many of his fans appeared impressed with what they saw, a number took to the comments section of his other posts to slam him for his actions – messages he soon deleted from his account.

And M24 all but doubled down on his behaviour in another post shared on his account, as he defiantly wrote: Why’s all these blog pages chatting s**t? Nun of these corona is gonna stop man. Work in any conditions.' [sic]

Under current government guidelines, people must only leave their homes to buy basic or medical supplies, perform one form of exercise per day, help a vulnerable person, or go to work in one of the sectors deemed essential services.

Dancing: He also danced enthusiastically with a small group of young women in front of one of the doorways outside the housing estate

Distancing: The group were seen clearly flouting social distancing rules as they shot the video

M24's video comes Matt Hancock on Sunday backtracked on a threat to ban outdoor exercise if people do not comply with the coronavirus lockdown.

The Health Secretary this morning blasted sunbathers for flouting the rules and warned the government would ban 'all forms' of public exercise if a 'small minority' refuse to stay at home.

However, he later updated his comments while speaking at the daily Downing Street coronavirus press conference and said he did not want anyone to believe that a further crackdown was in the works.

Hancock said the end of lockdown will be determined by 'how much people follow the rules on social distancing' and 'the more people follow the rules then the faster we will all be through it'.

Masks: Showing that they were aware of the risks of their actions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of those featured in the clip were seeing sporting surgical masks

Luxury vehicle: In a clip immediately proceeding the Instagram footage, M4 was seen yelling 'gang s**t' at the camera before speeding off in his luxury black Mercedes

He then issued a direct plea to people who are 'breaking the rules or are pushing the boundaries', telling them: 'You are risking your own life and the lives of others and you are making it harder for us all.'

He concluded: 'We have included exercise as one of the things that you can leave your house to do because exercise is good for our physical and our mental health but please do not bend or break this rule.

'We can't rule out further steps but I don't want anyone to think that any changes to the social distancing rules are imminent because the vast majority are following the rules.'

Meanwhile, Boris Johnson repeated the importance of staying at home this morning as he tweeted he knows it is 'tough' but it will mean 'saving lives'.

Hancock and Johnson's comments came after a south London park was shut indefinitely on Saturday, after 3,000 people visited 'despite clear advice' not to as green spaces and beaches across the UK filled up.

Defiant: M24 doubled down on his antics in another post shared on his account, as he defiantly wrote, Why’s all these blog pages chatting s**t? Nun of these corona is gonna stop man' [sic]

Hancock previously told Sky News: 'It is quite unbelievable frankly to see that there are some people who are not following the advice.'

He added: 'Of course I understand how difficult this is but the problem is that when you go out it is not only that you might directly interact with somebody closer than two metres, it is also that you can spread the virus through touching something which somebody else then touches. You could pick it up that way.

'We are crystal clear in the guidance on what people should and shouldn't do. That guidance is backed up in law. It is not a request, it is a requirement in law and people need to follow it.'

Britain's death toll from the coronavirus could overtake both Italy and France, a worrying new graphic has revealed.

The number of deaths in the UK rose by 621 to 4,934 on Sunday, including 29 patients who did not have any underlying health conditions.

WHAT IS SOCIAL DISTANCING? Social distancing is a term used by health authorities to help slow the spread of coronavirus by keeping an appropriate distance between people. Australian health authorities recommend at least 1.5 metres between each person at all times. This is because coronavirus can be transmitted by: Coughing

Sneezing

Being in the same space for a long period

Touching the same surface Social distancing also refers to limiting physical contact with each other as much as possible which has led to authorities encouraging people to work from home, avoid crowded spaces and public transport as much as possible. Source: Australian Department of Health Advertisement

Now, the UK is just behind where Italy and France were 20 days after registering 50 deaths from the outbreak.

However, both those countries' started to see their death rates decrease after this point, while the UK is expected to not peak for another week to 10 days.

This means Britain's deaths could dwarf both countries, though this isn't guaranteed.

The people who died of the illness today were aged between 33 and 103, with 29 of them, aged between 35 and 95, having no known underlying health conditions.

The level of infections has risen sharply by almost 60 per cent, from 5,903 to 47,806, dashing hopes the rate of people getting the disease was starting to level out.