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GIGGS has spoken about some of his musical heroes and said the British scene is in the best place it’s been for years. As he ...

“Rap music is one of the most popular genres of music in the UK – it’s time to end the marginalisation and punishment of its creators through its use as prosecution evidence. JUSTICE welcomes this ...

Tettey wasn’t a music video director before late 2017 ... Places that were making money from other genres have now looked at UK rap, AfroBeat, AfroSwing, all the different iterations, and ...

Music is a form of entertainment, and yet rap lyrics and videos are being used by ... With its often-explicit depictions of violence and crime, Dr Owusu-Bempah notes that the rap subgenre UK drill has ...

hip-hop is a culture – one chiefly expressed and disseminated through rap music. That notion of “keeping it real” – has been at its core. As ever with popular music, authenticity is ...

Label executives have tipped Nemzzz to take UK rap to new heights with his new mixtape Rent's Due. The follow-up to the 20-year-old Mancunian's 2024 mixtape Do Not Disturb ( 55,245 sales, OCC), which ...

In January, Drake accused UMG — which he is also signed to — of spreading the “false and malicious narrative” that he is a pedophile with the release of Lamar’s song, which includes the lyrics: “Say, ...