One to watch: Kofi Stone
The Birmingham rapper’s compelling second album, featuring the late Benjamin Zephaniah, confirms his place among Black British storytellers
‘We tried to get Mariah Carey … and found out she costs $1m’: the songs musicians chose for their first dance
Does Charlie Simpson regret choosing Sigur Rós? Did Chesney Hawkes play ‘that’ song? And who picked an eight-minute jam by LCD Soundsystem? Musicians on the songs they chose for their wedding dance, for better or for worse
‘The most important DJ in the UK’? Live streamer takes music to streets
DJ AG has built a huge audience by inviting performers such as Skepta to join him in London and elsewhere
Ice-T: ‘Anybody that thinks controversy is a way to make money, it’s not. You need lawyers!’
With a new Body Count album out next month, the hip-hop superstar turned actor answers your questions on Law & Order, the Cop Killer furore and working with ‘wild man’ Abel Ferrara
Ka, Brooklyn rapper and New York firefighter, dies aged 52
Kaseem Ryan, a member of Natural Elements and an FDNY captain, died unexpectedly, according to Instagram post
Streaming: Kneecap and the best hip-hop movies
The Belfast rappers’ riotous semi-biopic adds an Irish-language twist to a sub-genre that ranges from 8 Mile and Straight Outta Compton to Patti Cake$
British musician and broadcaster Yung Filly charged with rape and assault
Former BBC host, with millions of social media followers, was arrested in Australia following alleged attack on woman in Perth hotel room
Underground rapper Lemfreck wins 2024 Welsh music prize
Newport-raised rapper wins £10,000 as judges herald ‘vision and ambition’ of three-part album Blood, Sweat & Fears
Yeat review – US rapper brings exploding, sweat-drenched pandemonium
Filled with chaotic sounds and infectious melodies, there’s a ferocious pace to the mysterious figure’s first European headline – a ribcage-reverberating success
Various Artists: Redline Impact review – thrilling dive into east Asian hyper-electronics
This exhilarating compilation pushes from K-pop to trance, hardstyle techno, budots and beyond – and is at its best when artists rachet up the intensity
‘No money can make me come back’: rapper Nines on grief, ghostwriting and why he’s retiring at 34
Despite legal troubles and personal tragedy, the north-west London rapper has topped the album charts and has a huge date at the O2 lined up for the autumn. So why is he giving it all up?
Dual lingo: why UK rappers like Central Cee and Dave are embracing the EU
British MCs are increasingly making bilingual tracks with their European peers – and, they explain, it’s not just to attract new audiences
Post your questions for Ice-T
As his heavy metal band Body Count return, the vocalist and actor will answer questions about his varied career
From Salt-N-Pepa to Romeo and Juliet: how rap sparked Sam White’s passion for Shakespeare
The US director draws upon a fight at her Detroit school, her love of opera and hiphop, and her time as a standup to deliver a fleet-footed version of the star-crossed lovers’ tragedy
‘I’m not a singer but I can just about do Sweet Dreams at karaoke’: Eve’s honest playlist
The rapper and author on belting out 80s synthpop and the verse that changed her life – but which glam-rock classic soundtracked her giving birth?