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Kendrick Lamar to headline 2025 Super Bowl half-time show

One of rap's biggest stars will headline next year's Super Bowl half-time show, the biggest sports event in the US. It draws tens of millions of viewers - as well as being broadcast around the world.

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Album anniversaries: Three records to celebrate in September 2024

From euphoric Swedish pop to sensual British triphop via a peerless theatrical rock opus, here's our pick of the three albums celebrating a major anniversary this month.

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Film of the Week: 'Kneecap' - Fun, raucous and heartfelt

The controversial Belfast rappers get their very own biopic - with the musicians playing themselves. And it's unmissable. Warning: This review contains language that some may find offensive. (Duh!)

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TikTok's 'Songs Of The Summer 2024' - Did your favourite song make it?

The video sharing app has unveiled its 'Songs Of The Summer 2024' - ranked by total creations over Summer 2024 on the platform. Who made the top spots on the global and UK lists?

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London rapper Little Simz set to curate Tate Modern takeover

The Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall is about to get a makeover, courtesy of award-winning rapper Little Simz... And we can’t wait.

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What is on Barack Obama's summer 2024 playlist?

Barack Obama’s years-long tradition of sharing lists of his favorite music and movies twice a year continues. Here’s what the former POTUS is currently listening to...

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Have the Olympics alienated the general public from breakdancing?

"There were significant organisational and governance shortcomings that could have been easily reconciled but, unfortunately, negatively impacted breaking’s first touching point to a new global audience," said breakdancing authorities.

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Rapper Travis Scott arrested in Paris over brawl with hotel guard

Celebrated rapper Travis Scott his been arrested for violence against a security guard in Paris.

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Dance troupe set to dazzle Paris Olympics with celebration of hip-hop

Set to debut at the Trocadéro Champions Park on 5 August, Merzouki’s 'Dance of the Games' will showcase a blend of martial arts, circus, and live arts, in an ode to hip-hop.

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Here are the best albums of 2024... So far

How many have you heard? And do you agree with our first-half of 2024 ranking?

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Missy Elliott song sent to space: A brief history of ET music

After NASA broadcast the song 'The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)' into space, we look back at what other songs have entered the cosmos.

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Hip-hop icons Cypress Hill set to make 1996 Simpsons joke come true

The show The Simpsons has become notorious for some of its episodes and jokes becoming eerily accurate. After a joke in a 1996 episode, the London Symphony Orchestra are to play Cypress Hill’s Black Sunday album at Royal Albert Hall.

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Martin Shkreli facing new lawsuit over world’s rarest album

The disgraced "pharma bro" has been accused of retaining digital copies and sharing recordings of the rarest album on earth - an album he was forced to sell following his 2017 conviction.

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Fancy listening to the world’s rarest album?

There's only one copy in the world. It's a fabled album only heard by a handful of people. And now, it will be on display in a museum for the first time, with limited listening events...

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs admits assaulting ex-girlfriend

The rapper and record-producer apologised after CNN released a video of him attacking his ex-girlfriend Cassie.

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Album anniversaries: Three records to celebrate in May 2024

From devastatingly intimate love songs to hip-hop bangers via lush soundscapes for a Parisian escapade, here's our pick of the three albums celebrating a major anniversary this month.

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Intruder arrested at rap artist Drake's mansion

Police have been called to Drake’s Toronto mansion for a second time this week, after an intruder was apprehended by the Canadian rapper’s security.

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Drake's security guard seriously wounded in shooting at rapper's home

The incident comes amidst a heated rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, with diss tracks and public slander exchanged between the two rappers.

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Kendrick Lamar posts another new Drake diss track

Diss tracks are an essential part of hip-hop. With 'euphoria' and '6:16 in LA', Kendrick Lamar lays into Drake without remorse. What's the story behind his beef with the Canadian rapper?

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Eminem announces his next album... and his last?

The real slim shady is back with a new album, but is it the end for the iconic rapper?