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July 2024

  • Headie One.

    Headie One: The Last One review – rueful memoir with party tunes attached

    The north London rapper’s gritty honesty is his strongest suit on a guest-packed second album that juggles dance tracks with his troubled past
  • Berwyn in a forest setting holding a case

    ‘Theresa May made the whole country rally against migrants’: UK rapper Berwyn on poverty, perseverance and hostile politics

    He moved from Trinidad to Romford and was almost lost in the drug trade. Now Mercury-nominated and on a major label, the musician explains the trauma of those years – and his anger at being demonised by the Tories
    • Rapper BG ordered to have all future songs approved by US government

    • Killer Mike will not face charges after Grammys arrest

    • Body Count ft Ice-T review – an explosive love letter to heavy metal

June 2024

  • Tkay Maidza

    Three things
    Three things with Tkay Maidza: ‘My goal was to be the next Serena Williams’

  • BESTPIX: Megan Thee Stallion performs during the Hot Girl Summer Tour at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles<br>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 21: Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the Hot Girl Summer Tour at Crypto.com Arena on June 21, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Live Nation)

    Megan Thee Stallion: Megan review – rap skill showcase is a sour sermon on superiority

  • Stefflon Don

    Stefflon Don: Island 54 review – seamless summer playlist

  • FILE - This photo provided by the Office of the New York Mayor, shows Mayor Eric Adams, left, presenting the Key to the City to hip-hop artist Sean "Diddy" Combs in New York's Times Square, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Combs has returned his key to New York City after a request from Adams in response to the release of a video showing the music mogul attacking R&amp;B singer Cassie, officials said Saturday. (Office of the New York Mayor/Caroline Rubinstein-Willis via AP)

    Locked out: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was asked to return his key to New York City – will Miami and Chicago rescind theirs?

  • Why are UK radio stations ignoring Black British music to play recycled American rap?

    Elijah
  • From African stars to British stalwarts, Glastonbury 2024 opens gates to a truly diverse lineup

  • Kanye West and Donna Summer estate reach settlement over unauthorised use of I Feel Love

  • Florida rapper Foolio, 26, killed in car park shooting

  • From Coldplay to KMRU: who to see at Glastonbury 2024

  • Iran court overturns death sentence of rapper Toomaj Salehi, lawyer says

  • Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Doja Cat review – hair-raising US rapper puts on a fiery display

  • Belfast rappers Kneecap to contest pulling of funding over political views

  • The reader interview
    Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah: ‘A group is hard to keep together – people get jealous’

  • Guardian Australia's headline act
    Dobby: ‘Hip-hop is a powerful tool to remind people to see past the crap’

  • Best culture of 2024 so far
    The best albums of 2024 so far

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