A member of a 'Drill' gang won awards from YouTube and another scored 11 million hits rapping about stabbing and shooting rivals, a court heard today.

The two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named, earned their infamy under the London gang tag 10/11.

Together with Micah Bedeau, 18, Yonas Girma, 21, and Isaac Marshall, 18, they associated with the '1011 West London gang' and used drill videos to taunt their rivals 'The 12 World Gang'.

Police arrested the five 1011 gang members as the planned a hit armed with weapons, masks and gloves.

This music video - titled 'No Hook' - shows the gang glorify plunging a knife into the lungs of a rival gang member

David Malone, prosecuting, said: 'These gangs are linked to geographical postcode areas. Members of the 1011 gang belong to W10.

'These areas are perhaps best known to anyone who does not live there, as Notting Hill and Shepherd's Bush.'

Kingston Crown Court heard the show down had been sparked by a Snapchat video of the grandmother being approached and abused by a rival gang.

Four of the gang got in a black car and drove towards the postcode area of their rival's intent on revenge.

But police swooped down on them and found an armoury of deadly weapons.

Girma was driving and Isaac Marshall was also in the car with the two 17-year-olds.

Micah Bedeau, left, and Yonas Girma, right, face jail today after police arrested them while they prepared to attack another gang

Isaac Marshal, right, was also part of the gang, which made Drill videos (pictured, left, Girma in the video for 'Next Up')

'On the back seat, officers found a large machete, and a black glove was also found from the back seat,' the prosecutor said.

'They were on their way to a 'Ride Out', to find and take violent retaliatory action against a rival gang or member.

'The defendant had weapons and the undoubtedly the attack would have resulted in serious injury and death.

'Micah Bedeau was found and detained in the communal hallway in the flats of where he lived.

'His flat was searched. In there were 23 snap bags of cannabis and other material associated with drugs were found there, but most noticeably a large machete and a small lock knife were found there.

The court was shown an array of blades and machete some designed in military style designed with a blade to look like a saw.

Micah Bedeau covers his face in the 'No Hook' video - in which the gang celebrate stabbing and shooting rivals

These machetes were recovered by police after they apprehended the thugs preparing to attack another gang

The five sat in the dock and laughed and joked as the hearing began.

Mr Malone told the court :'Isaac Marshall told police he was a tree surgeon and worked for them.

'He gave a reference to the company, but they had not heard of him.'

Mr Malone added: 'We point out the current effect gang violence is having on London and this particular community. None of the defendants are of previous good character, with all having convictions for carrying arms.

'The defendants have a total lack of remorse.'

All five of the gang members face up to five years in jail after admitting conspiring to commit violent disorder.

The hearing continues with sentencing due to take place tomorrow

The car contained weapons and it is believed that they were preparing to retaliate over threats made to a grandmother

What could the gang be banned from doing? Police are asking the court to consider imposing three or five-year Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBO) prohibiting the gang from making this type of music - referencing violence - again. The CBOs would also prohibit the defendants from entering certain areas and associating with other gang members, displaying gang-related 'hand gestures' and having any face coverings, such as a bandana, in a public place. A police spokesman said: 'Local officers at Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea spent two years gathering evidence of the gang's music and social media activity for intelligence purposes and presented a raft of evidence to the court to demonstrate how the gang were promoting violence through their lyrics and actions.' Advertisement

Police are taking the highly unusual step of applying for a court order banning the gang members from making music that references violence.

The Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBO) would also ban the defendants from being certain areas, associating with other gang members, displaying gang-related 'hand gestures' and wearing face coverings public.

Officers in the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham as well as Kensington and Chelsea gathered evidence of the gang promoting violence through music and social media in a two-year investigation.

One of their songs - 'No Hook' - included sounds of gunshots as well as the lyrics: 'Clock me an opp (opposing gang member), wind down the window, back (get) out the spinner (revolver) and burst (shoot) him.

'I put bullets in numerous guys like how come the opps ain't learning?

'OT trip (out of town or county line) trying to get some funds (money). We get bread (money) and invest in guns. Dem boy run when we tapped **** Ching (stab) Splash (stab) aim for his lungs.

'Man lurky (creeping around with intent) that’s standard. That’s gang that’s gang. Four men on two peds (mopeds) jump off with my shank (knife) leave an opp (rival gang member) boy splattered (covered in blood).'

Police stopped the defendants in west London on November 9 2017 to find them armed with four large machetes and baseball bats. They also had masks, balaclavas and gloves.

Officers saw a youth get out of a black Nissan Juke, with his face covered and holding something metallic to his right side.

Bedeau fled to a block of flats and was detained in a communal hallway before police found these knives

What is drill music and how is it fuelling London's crime wave? 'Drill' music, a hip-hop subgenre, is driving the feuding gang war in London, community leaders have warned. Hundreds of videos on YouTube feature UK rappers threatening and provoking people from rival areas. To 'drill' means to fight or scrap and the violent lyrics focus on gang life, drugs, guns and killing. In one video viewed nearly three million times, rapper Digga D boasts about having to bleach his knife after using it to attack someone. In another, entitled 'Mummy's Kitchen', rappers Loski and Mayski, who are thought to be Londoners, boast about taking a blade from the family home. In the videos, which are filmed across the city, performers take care to ensure their faces are covered. The link with fatal attacks committed against young Londoners is made clear under the videos on YouTube, where commentators speculate about which groups were responsible. Advertisement

A large machete was found hidden down his trouser leg after he ran away when he saw police. Girma, Marshall and another youth inside were discovered inside the car.

Police found a large machete-style knife on Marshall and another on the back seat. A baseball bat was in the front passenger footwell and a second was stored in the the boot.

After Bedeau was found and detained in the hallway of a black of flats, officers found a large machete, a small knife and a balaclava.

They had been about to launch an attack on rivals from Shepherd's Bush, possibly in retaliation for an incident involving the grandmother of two of their members, before they were arrested and charged.

A rival gang was seen threatening and abusing the grandmother because she was in their postcode area in a YouTube video of a Snapchat message.

The video concluded with the captions 'Lucky I don't rock her face' as well as 'Horrid1ComeGetYourNan'.

Horrid1 was the street name for Micah Bedeau, the court hear, with the video designed to goad the defendants into action.

But the Notting Hill gang told police their weapons were props for a music video they were about to shoot before they were apprehended.

As well as machetes and knives, the thugs carried baseball bats in preparation for their attack

Detective Superintendent Adam Lowe, from the proactive team at the Trident and Area Crime Command, said: 'Seven music videos were shown in court as evidence of the aggressive and violent nature of the suspects.

'The lyrics referenced several real and often violent events. Their aim was purely to glorify gangs and violence.

'At Trident and across the Met we are very clear we will take decisive action to get videos of this nature removed from the internet; despite what the gangs may claim, there is a clear link, as in this case, to violence.

'And we will bring those videos before the courts to demonstrate the intention of those who make and take part in them to cause violence and disorder.

'It is just one of the tactics we use as part of our continued work to tackle violence on London's streets.

'There is no doubt the five defendants that day were in the process of setting out to cause some very serious harm to their rivals.

'They equipped themselves with huge knives and I am sure there would have been some life-changing injuries inflicted or worse had the police not intervened.

DS Lowe added: 'Trident's proactive team is committed to tackling gang and knife crime and the events of 9 November show just how important our work is.

'The evidence was overwhelming - they were literally caught red-handed - and they had no option but to plead guilty.'

Paul Vickers, Senior Crown Prosecutor at CPS London South, said: 'These defendants claimed they were on their way to make a drill music video and that the weapons in their possession were simply to be used as props – but the prosecution proved otherwise. These criminals were embroiled in bitter gang violence.

'The sheer array of weapons, including machetes and baseball bats, with which these young people armed themselves, showed that they were out to commit violence. They will now spend a significant amount of time behind bars.

'We will continue to work with the Metropolitan Police Service to root out gang crime by prosecuting those responsible for the devastating consequences of gang culture on the capital’s streets.'