Drill rapper Lil Mabu is a model student at a rich prep school - New York Post

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He’s consecutive outta backstage school.

Lil Mabu — a drill rapper who has amassed 2.6 cardinal followers by dropping beats astir warring cops, knocking implicit jewelry stores, and sleeping with “b—hes” — is really a silver-spoon kid of privilege.

He’s a elder astatine Collegiate School, the astir 400-year-old Manhattan prep that costs $60,000 a twelvemonth and has schooled generations of Vanderbilts and Kennedys.

The 17-year-old rapper’s existent sanction is Matthew Peter DeLuca, and helium lives astatine his parents’ five-bed, five-bath, 3,327-square ft condo connected the Upper East Side. During schoolhouse breaks oregon connected weekends, helium tin flight the Hamptons, wherever his household owns a 6,182-square ft manse successful Water Mill. The 2 properties are worthy adjacent to $12 cardinal total.

Drill rap, a arguable sub-genre which glorifies guns, drugs and violence, has developed a pursuing successful caller years among young people. Last February, 18-year-old drill rapper Jayquan McKenley was gunned down successful Brooklyn. Mayor Adams has called for drill rap to beryllium banned from societal media — though his son is simply a fan.

Lil Mabu’s lavish beingness is simply a acold outcry from the gritty unit and transgression helium raps about.

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“Can’t accidental nary to the poles and I’m gon’ bushed him down with a bat I enactment an opp successful a wheelchair, springiness maine similar an hour, I’m leavin’ him flat,” helium said successful 1 caller caller opus called “No Snitching.” The enactment appears to beryllium a notation to attacking constabulary with a shot bat. In an accompanying video, Mabu and a person enactment retired robbing a jewelry store. The video has 6.6 cardinal views connected YouTube.

“I telephone your b—h a wide receiver, she get unfastened easy,” Mabu rapped successful a misogynistic tune called “Wicked Witch.

In different video, Throw, Mabu and a person get into a staged shootout portion leaving Mannys Juice Bar and Grill successful Williamsburg, which results successful Mabu taking a slug to the shoulder.

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Lil Mabu presently has 1.9 cardinal followers connected TikTok, with different 387,000 connected Instagram and 331,000 subscribers connected YouTube. Several of his societal media posts look to person been filmed wrong Collegiate. Others amusement him getting bemused section reaction to his beats successful ritzy Southampton.

“Drill rap is similar assertive music, yeah. Basically kids expressing their feelings, but successful their way. It’s the mode they bash it due to the fact that they can’t speech to cipher else. Best mode to get everything disconnected your chest,” said Chalim Perry, a rapper who has collaborated with Mabu under the sanction Sha EK.

Perry said Mabu was a “good kid’ and “ready to work” but that his beingness of privilege was limiting.

“He don’t person thoroughfare cred, but they conscionable respect it due to the fact that they cognize helium has euphony talent,” Perry said.

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Mabu’s father, Peter DeLuca, 71, who sometimes makes cameos successful his son’s work, mightiness person a spot much thoroughfare cred.

He is simply a Manhattan ceremonial director, who successful 2006 was accused by ex-wife Jane DeLuca of conniving with a brace of disgraced Brooklyn judges to cheat her retired of millions during their divorce. He’s fought legal turf wars with chap undertakers and erstwhile took a punch to the face aft allegedly soliciting aboriginal concern from a client’s 91-year-old mother.

He besides has a uncommon NYC licence to transportation a concealed gun.

Collegiate insiders person been little than amused by the gangland cosplay.

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“If this was immoderate different kid who did not person a rap vocation … who said thing adjacent to what this kid is saying they would beryllium expelled and would ne'er beryllium heard from again” 1 annoyed genitor of a caller alum told The Post. “Collegiate utilized to beryllium Latin and Greek and Math Olympiads, and present it’s TikTok.”

Lil Mabu didn’t ever clasp the thug life, earlier videos successful his oeuvre, similar “Miss Me” person a relaxed, Justin Bieber-esque aesthetic. Before his euphony vocation — when helium was conscionable Matthew DeLuca — helium was known for much conscientious pursuits.

“My sanction is Matthew DeLuca. I spell to the Collegiate School. I americium successful 9th grade, and my favourite happening astir Kids Walk for MSK Kids is getting unneurotic with friends and household to enactment specified a fantastic cause,” helium said successful a Facebook video promoting his enactment to assistance pediatric crab research.

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When helium attended Middle School astatine Buckley — where tuition is $55,500 per twelvemonth — DeLuca was a standout student, adjacent earning the coveted “Headmaster’s Prize for Strength of Character.”

Matthew and Peter DeLuca did not respond to aggregate requests for remark from The Post.

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