Brit awards: all-male best artist category reveals wider music industry sickness

Out of the 71 acts eligible for the gender-neutral award, only 13 were female or non-binary. The dearth exposes the British industry’s inability to develop anyone but young men

Dr Dre successfully blocks Marjorie Taylor Greene from using his music

The far-right Republican congresswoman was served with a cease-and-desist letter after she soundtracked a promotional video with his 1999 hit Still Dre

Clavish: Rap Game Awful review – beautifully delivered ambivalence

The London rapper veers between vulnerable and vicious on a mixtape that’s at once epic and pared back

Brit awards 2023: Wet Leg and Harry Styles lead male-dominated nominations

In the second year of non-gendered categories, the five nominees for artist of the year are entirely male

Clavish: Rap Game Awful review – rising rapper conjures a haunting, despondent mood

Using a limited, hook-free palette of mid-tempo beats, mournful piano figures and samples, Cian Wright illustrates the paranoia and interminable grind of his world

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin review – life lessons from the bearded beat master

The co-founder of Def Jam Records and the man behind countless hits, from the Beastie Boys and Jay-Z to Neil Young, offers artistic wisdom that is both gnomic and pertinent

Sampa the Great: Changes by 2Pac is the most perfect song of all time

When Zambian-born rapper Sampa Tembo was navigating her early career in Australia, Tupac Shakur’s posthumous hit became a guiding light

UK artists dominate Top 10 singles of 2022 for first time since records began

A clean sweep led by Harry Styles was an ‘astonishing’ high note for the music industry – but the domination of older songs reflected the impact of streaming

Clavish: the quiet London rapper who lets his aloof music do the talking

He only needed 40 seconds to light up the internet in 2018. Now the man of few words is finally releasing his debut mixtape

Gangsta Boo: Three 6 Mafia member and southern rap trailblazer dies aged 43

Musicians from Missy Elliott to Questlove have paid tribute to the trailblazing female rapper, who was 15 when she appeared on the Memphis group’s cult classic debut Mystic Stylez

Monaleo: the Texas rapper moving from body bags and breakups to killer bars

Taking emasculation to an artform, 21-year-old Monaleo planned to be a funeral director before heartbreak transformed her

Chuck D: ‘Bringing rap to the UK was our British invasion’

The founder of Public Enemy answers your questions on the future of hip-hop, police harassment and whether he has ever ridden on an ostrich

Stefflon Don: ‘That’s what it is to be an artist – you’ve always gotta evolve’

She’s produced tracks with everyone from Skepta to Sean Paul to Nile Rodgers. This year, the UK rapper releases her long-anticipated debut album, Island 54. What took her so long?

Ukrainian hardcore, Nigerian alté and Red Bull-soaked bloghouse: 2023’s most promising musical newcomers

From Memphis rap to Manchester post-punk and Laurel Canyon-worthy beauty, a new generation is coming this way

Indigenous State of Mind: six music makers rapping in their mother tongues

Musicians are reclaiming their roots and languages, fighting for the rights of their people – and soundtracking Hollywood movies