Rapper Brother Marquis, member of 2 Live Crew, dies aged 58

Musician earned platinum-selling success with group who overcame obscenity and copyright charges, and coined famous 99 Problems chorus line

Post your questions for Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah

As the esteemed rapper releases a new album and publishes memoir Rise of a Killah, he’ll be taking on your questions

‘Rapper’s Delight planted a seed for the rest of my life’: Questlove on hoarding, capturing hip-hop history and the Kendrick-Drake beef

The drummer, DJ and Oscar-winning director is a key custodian of Black culture, with 200,000 records to prove it. So why does he think he’s getting too old for rap music?

Sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan album to be played to the public for first time at Mona

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the ‘world’s rarest album’ once sold for $2m to Martin Shkreli, will be loaned to Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art

‘He’s never worked a day in his life!’: Paul McCartney honours Bruce Springsteen at Ivor Novello awards

Springsteen receives Academy fellowship as Raye named songwriter of the year, and Yussef Dayes, Victoria Canal and Speakers Corner Quartet pick up major awards

Danny Brown review – rap icon delivers each bar with purpose and poise

Celebrating sobriety at 40, Brown animates the crowd with his energy, expressions and enunciated lines

Rap-rock beasts and drive-by eggings: Beastie Boys’ 20 greatest tracks – ranked!

Thirty years after the release of Ill Communication, we celebrate the New York trio’s gonzo blend of hip-hop, funk, punk and pop-cultural flotsam

‘When things dry up, we can’t just call daddy’: Elefant Traks, the DIY label that changed Australian music

On the eve of its final shows, the label’s key members reflect on their ‘activist roots’, their global success and the acts they broke – including Hermitude, Horrorshow and the Herd

Cult Shotta: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The western Sydney rap duo are damaged by modern life. Their list is all dripped-out teens and contemporary Adonises

New Orleans rapper BG won’t go back to prison – but judge will scrutinize lyrics

Musician is on supervised release, and judge’s reading will decide whether he is adequately attempting to ‘re-enter society’

Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track debuts at number one in the US

Rapper’s scathing song Not Like Us, from his headline-grabbing rap beef with Drake, becomes his fourth Billboard chart-topper

Drake and Kendrick’s rap beef explained: is this a ‘forever thing’?

Simmering feud between two of hip-hop’s biggest names exploded this week, with allegations of infidelity and child sex abuse

Yaya Bey: Ten Fold review – a free-ranging tribute

Bey’s latest, written in mourning to her rapper father Grand Daddy IU and featuring his voice, includes catchy dancefloor bangers alongside soulful odes

‘I bet Drake heard it and laughed’: BBL Drizzy is the real winner of the Drake-Kendrick feud

The comedian Willonius Hatcher’s parody song is a phenomenon in its own right, with artists around the world creating their own versions

Drake v Kendrick Lamar’s rap beef has turned very ugly – who is benefiting from such a spectacle?

This verbal boxing match is great entertainment, but the real winners are the artists and label executives getting rich off the spectacle, says the writer Nels Abbey