Teens storm Strood KFC to film drill music video but get offensive comments online
16:55, 31 May 2022
updated: 19:49, 31 May 2022
A group of musicians stormed a KFC to film a music video and got mixed reactions from the public, including offensive comments online.
A video shows around 10 young men singing loudly and dancing, as well as climbing on the eatery's counters.
Warning: video contains offensive language
The youngsters took over the Strood branch in Commercial Road, entertaining a few customers but annoying others.
A woman who was waiting to collect her meal said: "They definitely interrupted things. I went to grab a takeaway and our drink got kicked across the floor. We had to wait more time to get our food.
"Fortunately, they apologised and offered to pay for our drinks. The entertainment was definitely worth it, though."
Friends JM, 17, and Lemzo are the ones behind the musical mayhem.
Rochester resident Lemzo, 19, said he wants to break into the industry with his drill music.
He said: "My brother is a reggae artist, so I wanted to follow in his footsteps. He was my inspiration. I also want to make my mum proud with my music."
The group, called Trust The Process (TTP) was formed a year ago by the two teenagers. The name comes from their ambitious motto – to trust the process as they will later become one of the biggest artists in the music industry.
TTP's latest song still has no name or any release date, but the young musicians say they a great time with their friends filming their music video.
They had first captured the exact same scene at a park, but didn’t like how it looked, so one of their friends suggested using KFC or a McDonald’s as a background.
Lemzo said: "We just entered KFC and started filming it. Some people were smiling and laughing, and some others didn’t like it.
"Nobody kicked us out, though. We did everything in probably five minutes. It was fun."
Despite the fun times and mainly positive reaction, JM and Lemzo said they were upset at some of the comments received online, which labelled them a gang.
Lemzo said: "This is very stereotypical of them. Just because we’re a group and we were being loud, it doesn’t mean that we’re a gang.
"You cannot just jump into conclusions like that. So that got me a bit angry. But it is what it is.
"All we want is just to make people happy with our music. We don't want to cause trouble."
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