On my radar: Richard Russell’s cultural highlights

The producer and head of XL Recordings on a spicy YouTube series, London’s most fascinating street and the musician who’s ahead of his time

Nuthing ta F’ wit: Wu-Tang Clan’s greatest albums – ranked!

As hip-hop’s greatest group announce their final tour, we pick out the best of their LPs – from solo albums to a history-making, gamechanging debut

Romeo and Juliet review – rap tragedy asks the audience who to blame

There are ideas aplenty in this high-concept musical retelling of Shakespeare, but it gets off to a bumpy start

No longer ‘forever’? Wu-Tang Clan hint at breakup with final world tour

The hip-hop legends will kick off US tour in June, and hint at further dates to ‘spread the Wu swag, music, and culture’

‘The music industry is as cold blooded as Scrooge McDuck’: the return of rapper Yasiin Bey

Under the radar for a decade, the artist formerly known as Mos Def is back. He talks about rejection, revival, and his new partnership with the Alchemist

Bashy, Darkoo and Odeal top winners at 2025 Mobo awards

There are two awards apiece for the UK artists, while Nigerian singer Ayra Starr also wins two at Newcastle-hosted ceremony for Black musical excellence

‘Hip-hop was like dog years. You’d be over by your third album’: De La Soul on grief, Gorillaz and never giving up

Two years after the death of Trugoy, the remaining duo are still feeling raw. They relive the daisy age they built together – and explain how their late bandmate inspires them

John Glacier: Like a Ribbon album review – this otherworldly British voice is in a class of her own

She frames herself as an alien visitor, and sure enough, this ideas-packed album at the edges of rap doesn’t sound like anyone else right now – you’ll be repeating it again and again

‘Comedy and art should push up against a line’: Rich Peppiatt on class, controversy and Kneecap

Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio

Kanye West sued and dropped by talent agency over antisemitic slurs

Rapper’s fashion brand Yeezy also taken offline by Shopify after he sold T-shirt with swastika design and praised Hitler

Little Simz to curate 2025 Meltdown festival

British rapper is the youngest artist to take on the mantle of curator, following stars such as David Bowie and Patti Smith

‘Silence is key’: after Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl, how can Drake possibly come back?

Drake was humiliated on record, at the Grammys and now in a football stadium. But as a crisis expert attests, there’s a way he could still return to relevance

Kendrick Lamar’s bootcut jeans steal Super Bowl half-time show

Rapper’s blue-washed pair by Celine were object of derision and lust in momentous performance

Super Bowl: Kendrick Lamar, the ads, Taylor Swift and everything but the football – as it happened

While the game goes ahead, it’s a big night for culture with a much-anticipated half-time show, a string of big name ads and a returning role for Taylor Swift

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl half-time show review – game over for Drake

The Pulitzer prize-winning rapper chose artistry over more obvious showmanship in an unusual set yet still delivered the final blow to his diss track nemesis