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May 2025

  • man in black T-shirt, sunglasses and hat performs on stage with his arms extended

    Lupe Fiasco on his new art project and looking at rap ‘in a deep academic way’

    Rapper turned MIT professor is unveiling a project of ‘en plein air rapping’, which is about outdoors-inspired music

April 2025

  • Kendrick Lamar performing on stage for the Grand National tour

    Kendrick Lamar and SZA review – powerhouse duo make their mark in Atlanta

  • Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh of Kneecap

    Kneecap concert footage assessed by police over alleged ‘kill your MP’ call

  • Kashus Culpepper holds a guitar, resting against a car

    Add to playlist
    Add to playlist: Kashus Culpepper’s ‘southern sounds’ and the week’s best new tracks

  • Lola Young performs at the Scala, London, in March.

    Lola Young, breakthrough hitmaker with Messy, tops Ivor Novello songwriting nominations

  • Sharon Osbourne urges US to revoke Kneecap rappers’ visas after Israel criticism

  • Central Cee review – UK rap superstar tentatively enjoys stadium success

  • Drake expands lawsuit against Universal Music Group, alleging defamation at Super Bowl

  • One to watch
    One to watch: Pozer

  • Global album of the month
    Negros Tou Moria: Mavri Ellada review – a rebetiko rap riposte to Greek social division

  • Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Kae Tempest review – a brave, intimate set where the personal is political

March 2025

  • three men on stage

    Rapper who appeared with Trump at rally pleads guilty to attempted murder

  • 101 Hour Psycho by RIP Germain is at Cabinet gallery, London

    ‘The drill scene was dead. They’d locked everyone up’: RIP Germain on his shocking coffin installation

  • Shaboozey at Koko, London.

    Shaboozey review – viral country superstar finds comfort in intimacy

  • Stormzy, who will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge

    Stormzy to receive honorary Cambridge University doctorate

  • ‘Drake lost a rap battle’: Universal files motion to dismiss rapper’s ‘misguided’ lawsuit

  • Playboi Carti: Music review – the most anticipated rap album this decade was worth the wait

  • Little Simz sues former producer Inflo over unpaid debts

  • Will Smith announces first album in 20 years, Based on a True Story

  • Daveed Diggs’ sci-fi rap trio Clipping: ‘We are at war all the time. It’s one of the great tricks of capitalism’

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