‘Is Peter Gabriel in my vocal range? I don’t care. I’m singing it at karaoke’: Xzibit’s honest playlist

The rapper, actor and TV presenter wakes up to Run the Jewels and starts the party with Snoop Dogg, but which legendary hip hop anthem inspired him to be a musician?

Clipse: Let God Sort Em Out review – reunited rap greats deliver one of the albums of the year

Scathing disses, star guests, inspired Pharrell beats and great lines from chilling to laugh-out-loud: the duo’s first album since 2009 is so much more than the drama around it

Kendrick Lamar & SZA review – a pyrotechnic party of dark and light

He’s icy, she’s all sunshine – but the rapper and R&B star’s talents prove perfectly complementary in a historic two-hander

Kae Tempest: Self Titled review – the rhythms in his lyrics are still so distinct

Despair runs through the Londoner’s fifth album but, in what is essentially a love letter to the trans community, his home town and partner, a strange beauty breaks through

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces growing wave of civil suits as criminal trial ends

Combs remains jailed awaiting sentencing as more than 50 civil cases alleging abuse and assault move forward

I wrote off Glastonbury as a ‘white’ festival – until I finally went

Camping, fogey rock acts and a lack of diversity meant I once ignored Glasto. But visiting Worthy Farm for a second year was like returning home

Doechii at Glastonbury review – an education in rap from the greatest teacher in the game

Theatrical, flirtatious and athletic, this debut UK festival performance from the US MC is unrelentingly brilliant

Skepta’s surprise Glastonbury set review – British rap’s MVP has matchless mic technique

Filling in last minute after Deftones pulled out, the Londoner shows he’s still top of his game with a kinetic performance that jumps from garage to grime to Fred Again bangers

Kneecap at Glastonbury review – sunkissed good vibes are banished by rap trio’s feral, furious flows

From Rod Stewart to Keir Starmer, no one is safe from the Irish group’s ire, as the weekend’s most talked-about set became a mosh-heavy, provocation-filled melee

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyer delivers closing arguments at sex-trafficking trial

The music mogul could face life in prison for racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution

‘We just want to stop people being murdered’: Kneecap on Palestine, protest and provocation

The Irish rap trio have recently faced censure and a court case, but have also had support for their pro-Palestine stance. Ahead of a Glastonbury appearance deemed ‘inappropriate’ by Keir Starmer, they argue the backlash against them is a deliberate distraction

Closing arguments begin in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex-trafficking trial

High-profile case enters its final stage after more than a month of testimony from 34 witnesses

‘Pop music can be so scared to offend’: Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, the Argentine duo subverting machismo

After going viral with their Tiny Desk concert, the impish pair are heading to Glastonbury. They explain their ‘no shame, no fear’ approach – and their ridiculous muscle suits

Petition launched to stop Kanye West appearing at Slovakian festival

The rapper is booked to headline the Rubicon festival in Bratislava, which protesters have called ‘a debasement of all victims of the Nazi regime’

Little Simz & Chineke! Orchestra review – rap-classical crossover is spectacularly realised

Closing out a Simz-curated Meltdown festival, and with a host of star guests helping out, these songs gain extra nuance as orchestra and star meld perfectly together