Considering Drake's current vested interest in underselling stateside rap's potency, it's very hard to give the declaration any weight, but it also seems clear to me what he is referencing about ...

The viral rapper’s anticipated new album is an unrelenting journey through the lonely depths of online fame.

On his story-of-the-year album The Boy Who Played the Harp, the gifted Londoner puts an eye on the human casualties of fame and success. Of all the epic heroes to be namechecked in hip-hop lyrics, few ...

About fifteen million years ago on the Internet (a/k/a at the beginning of January of this year), my friend Skinny Friedman issued an errant tweet claiming something to the effect of, “Grime is going ...

When it comes to the Black British music scene, there is so much talent to be discovered. From R&B to House to Garage to Rap, Black British artists have found many ways to express themselves and ...

MC Duke (Kashif Adham) was a key figure in the development of hip-hop in Britain in the late 80s. When he died in April, British rap lost a giant. From the East End of London, Duke strengthened the ...

Of all the epic heroes to be namechecked in hip-hop lyrics, few are invoked more often than the shepherd David. The appeal of the Old Testament figure who conquered Jerusalem and felled Goliath could ...