This year was one of comebacks and debuts from a wide range of hip-hop artists. Industry giants like Young Thug, Lil Wayne, ...

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We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

There are still great beats on display, but the new album definitely leans into guitar-driven tracks as Thompson drills down ...

In this episode of Arts 24, we look at "Fall of Freedom" – a nationwide wave of performances, readings and public art events as artists across the United States mobilise against mounting censorship ...

At the end of a New York Fashion Week that can generously be described as timid, the industry’s great showman Marc Jacobs stripped his runway down to the essentials. Advance word suggested he might, ...

Chinese music fans are bracing for a crackdown on hip hop after a rapper was apparently dropped from a popular singing programme, as reports emerged that the often-provocative genre had fallen out of ...