Still on YouTube, machete gang’s violent ‘drill rap’ video shown in court

Did You See What Tulse Done and viewed 252,000 times, sees a rapper in a mask gesture as if firing towards the screen with a shotgun, while another makes a menacing throat-slit action.

Mr Sousa Rosa and business partner Daniel Olkhovski, 23, are listed as joint directors of PressPlay Media and Entertainment Ltd which is registered in Acton, west London.

Mr Sousa Rosa said PressPlay Media reinvests 90 per cent of its profits into helping youngsters become musicians, directors and graphic designers to steer them away from crime.

He added: “I s t ro n g ly b e l i eve that people are trying to put the blame on someone and i t ’s a way to take away an outlet, a l ove a n d a passion.”

He pointed to the chart successes of grime musicians such as Wiley and Stormzy, whom he described as “one of the most powerful voices in our young society”.

He said: “We provide internships for kids who wish to learn how to develop a skill in media and have recently opened our own recording studio where we will be teaching kids to engineer and produce.

“We offer free studio time and a safe environment for young artists to further their passion in music. We want to help the young generation of today. One of our plans is to approach youth clubs, but the fact that these are all closing down due to Government cutbacks not only makes that harder for us, but seriously damages these kids’ chances of staying away from a life of crime.

“Granted there are problems, but who better than us who have relationships with these artists, having come from similar backgrounds, to act as mentors and encourage them to focus on their music and steer them on a path away from crime?”

Detective Superintendent Mike West, of the Metropolitan Police, said that of