Post Malone review – megawatt charisma and anthemic hooks from an irresistibly genial outlaw
Though his slick country is more Jon Bon Jovi that Johnny Cash, there’s only one artist who could unite rock, rap and twang with such effortless panache
Cardi B: Am I the Drama? review – vigorous score-settling and brutally witty put-downs
Seven years after her debut, Cardi B is back with a ferociously enjoyable 70-minute album of eclecticism and enthusiastic annihilation of her enemies
Add to playlist: ultra-prolific Leicester rapper Snoa and the week’s best tracks
With 71 singles and three albums so far this year, the teenage MC is keeping the quality control high as he swerves across cloud rap, grime and more
Gorillaz review – after 25 years, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s cartoon band are still riveting and relevant
Dressed like a vicar, Albarn leads his band – joined by a choir, a string quartet, De La Soul and more – in renewing Demon Days’ downbeat drama
Lil Nas X speaks out post-arrest: ‘That was terrifying’
Grammy winner posted on Instagram to comment on his arrest after pleading not guilty to attacking police in LA
Will Smith review – post-slap tour has shoutalongs, self-help sermons and a touch of David Brent
His most recent album may have tanked but it works better played live, and Smith is endearing as he continues to get jiggy with it
Add to playlist: Fakemink’s sugar-high rap and the week’s best new tracks
Making tracks in a blacked-out bedroom, the precocious UK rapper has an adrenaline-fuelled, overstimulated aesthetic
Earl Sweatshirt: Live Laugh Love review – a head-spinning trip with rap’s great rulebreaker
With a sunlit disposition and paeans to his daughter, the mood turns lighter on the US MC’s sixth album – but the glitching, crashing beats are as esoteric as ever
Lil Nas X arrested and hospitalized after altercation with police
The 26-year-old rapper and singer was seen walking down the street in his underwear Thursday morning in LA
Green Man festival review – Kneecap and CMAT lead the charge in a utopian Welsh idyll
Progressive, independent and more sonically diverse than ever, the Brecon Beacons festival offered sterling sets from MJ Lenderman to Mike, Jasmine.4.t to Joshua Idehen
‘The Black experience is more than just London’: Chiedu Oraka, the Hull rapper handpicked to support Coldplay
When Chris Martin called, the MC saw an opportunity to rep his city, pursue his goal of being rap’s next ‘king of the north’ – and expand perceptions of Black British identity
‘The idea was for a Black James Bond’: the making of 50 Cent: Bulletproof
The game’s launch 20 years ago coincided with the rapper’s meteoric success with his album The Massacre. Here, the team that made the shooter reflect on how it all happened
Drake lawyers allege Universal head Lucian Grainge ‘personally involved’ in Kendrick Lamar diss track
Lawyers for Universal Music Group deny that British chief exec had any ‘meaningful involvement’ in the promotion of allegedly defamatory track Not Like Us
National Indigenous Music awards 2025: Emily Wurramara wins artist of the year
Warnindhilyagwa singer also wins film clip of the year, while Malyangapa Barkindji rapper Barkaa wins album of the year
Busta Rhymes calls assault lawsuit by ex-assistant ‘an attempted shake-down’
Rapper’s former assistant has alleged an abusive work environment which climaxed in being punched in face