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Trump expected to pardon Lil Wayne and Kodak Black on his last day in office

MF DOOM fans unhappy with inclusion on Joe Biden’s inauguration playlist

Northampton duo Krankhead drop the booming, drill-leaning ‘Hadouken’

Chloe Kay’s electro-pop ‘Fiction’ is about late night texts from an ex

Arielle’s World shares ‘Cascade’, a Caribbean-influenced double single

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Tom Did It and HEN$HAW address universal struggle on melodic rap cut ‘Ordinary’

phonewifey reveals “barrage of intense, exuberant and smashy energy” single ‘HIT ‘EM WITH A POLE’

Your Loss unveil grime and punk-inflected single ‘Chaos!’

Danny L Harle teases mysterious ‘Harlecore’ project

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Dr. Dre’s home targeted by burglars while in hospital for a brain aneurysm

slowthai links with A$AP Rocky on the fiery ‘MAZZA’

Petition calling for visa-free EU travel hits 222,000 signatures

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Oklou delivers an entrancing remix of Dua Lipa’s and Angèle’s ‘Fever’

Tom Did It shares orchestral version of ‘Thinking Too Much’

Sia drops Shia LaBeouf from her film ‘Music’, calls him a “pathological liar”

slowthai reveals punchy birthday single ‘Thoughts’

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Caroline Polachek releases her cover of The Corrs’ ‘Breathless’

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Dua Lipa’s Studio 2054 disco party upped the game for virtual live shows

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Rare music prints are being sold to fund music production crews affected by pandemic

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Nines leads the nominations for first MOBO Awards ceremony since 2017

21 Savage’s younger brother TM1way was fatally stabbed in London

Angeloumae returns with the reggaeton-inflected ‘Control’

7th Obi turns in cosmic rap cut ‘Tesla Navigation’

Flohio drops brooding single ‘Sweet Flaws’, details new mixtape

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Headie One and Tion Wayne filmed fighting onboard a plane

Obama links “the bling, the women, the money” in rap to Trump’s increased Black male support

Watch Ariana Grande perform ‘Them Changes’ live with Thundercat

Lil Nas X is virtually performing his ‘Holiday’ single on Roblox

Emerging rapper psiv reps Nigerian drill on ‘Gangland’

Blay Vision emulates a scene from American Psycho in the video for ‘Kill Somebody’

GOLDEN shares unheard versions of her ‘Running’ single on ‘Running B-Sides’

Pa Salieu’s ‘Send Them To Coventry’ is a scorching debut project from UK rap’s new golden boy

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Octavian has been accused of domestic abuse

Loyle Carner returns with the Madlib-produced ‘Yesterday’

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slowthai says his new album is done

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Eminem licenses music to a political candidate for the first time in support of Biden

Grammys change World Music category to Global Music due to “connotations of colonialism”

Trump introduces Lil Pump as “Little Pimp” at his final rally

Spotify announces new feature where artists can promote their music at a price

ANOHNI shares Gloria Gaynor cover ‘I Will Survive’

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Blay Vision drops the dark-edged ‘Revenge’ in anticipation of his ‘Pain’ project

Grimes has made a baby AI lullaby to help you sleep

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Arts Council England announces £18 million funding package for DJs, artists and more

Relly Luton shares melodic autumn anthem ‘Life Of The Party’

Blay Vision tours his inner thoughts on ‘Realist Cuz’

Mugun raises the levels in Manga-inspired visuals for ‘Big Worm’

Ariana Grande says she’s releasing a new album this month

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McDonald’s deny claims their Travis Scott collaboration was to mask racial discrimination lawsuits

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Tom Did It and tmdistant tackle mental health issues on ‘Demons’

Sade are currently recording their first album in a decade

Headie One shows he’s ready to go where no drill artist has gone before on ‘Edna’

Tory Lanez has been charged over Megan Thee Stallion shooting

Arlo Parks, Che Lingo and Kojey Radical will appear on a Channel 4 World Mental Health Day special

Kelvin MacKenzie enters BBC chairman job race with plans to axe Radio 1 and 2

Morgan Freeman vocalled 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s album to avoid being typecast as a nice guy

Headie One shares a slice of forthcoming debut album ‘Edna’ with ‘Breathing’

Rishi Sunak says workers will need to adapt for employment amid the pandemic

Britney Spears could be under conservatorship for the rest of her life, claims former estate manager

New Delhi artist KAVYA talks creativity, pandemic sanity and India’s independent music scene

Cardi B speaks out about the double standards faced by female rappers

SL announces ‘Different Dude’ mixtape, drops freestyle

David GotSound explores varying strands of rap on ‘The Mountains’

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Premiere: Odillia taps up Snoop Dogg for the funk-indebted ‘Break It Down’

Love Sept leave a path of destruction in punk-charged ‘Hideout’ visuals

Purity Ring have remixed Alice Deejay’s ‘Better Off Alone’

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Michael Kiwanuka wins the 2020 Mercury Prize

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Dutchavelli drafts in MCs from Albania, France and India for the ‘Bando Diaries’ remix

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The Trump administration is banning TikTok downloads in the US from Sunday

‘Can Music Make You Sick?’ asks why musicians are three times more likely to have anxiety or depression

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Flohio returns with the Take A Daytrip-produced ‘Unveiled’

Bugzy Malone appears in court after being charged with two counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm

Kanye West tweets out his record contracts, uploads video of him urinating on a Grammy

Skepta, Arlo Parks and Octavian headline Dummy Live, a three-day streaming series

A petition has been launched to extend the furlough scheme for the live music industry

Facebook explains its crackdown on live “music listening experiences”

Vinyl outsells CDs for the first time in three decades

Lava La Rue returns with elegant Queer anthem ‘G.O.Y.D.’

Pa Salieu and BackRoad Gee share striking monochrome visuals for ‘My Family’

J Hus, Dutchavelli and Dizzee Rascal won big at the GRM Rated Awards 2020

David GotSound escapes to the countryside in ‘You Know The Vibes’ visuals

Tom Did It’s ‘Thinking Too Much’ is a poignant reflection on lockdown blues

July 7 explores his Jamaican heritage on patois-inspired track ‘Waistline’

MPs back changes to post-Brexit immigration bill due to concern for touring musicians

Visa fees for artists touring the US to rise by over 50%

Oliver Dowden announces ‘Operation Sleeping Beauty’ to bring back live indoor events

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On ‘Conscious’, Birmingham rapper 12omo has made his DIY masterpiece

Miles From Kinshasa drops his ‘Beloved’ project in full

HEN$HAW takes aim at the UK government in punk-inspired single ‘GO YARD’

Reeko Squeeze shares the Frenchie-filled video for ‘Once’

KAVYA shares the striking, globe-spanning video for ‘Quin’

Reading and Leeds faces backlash after booking no female headliners for seventh year running

Reeko Squeeze fires back at his enemies on the Ghosty-produced ‘Once’

A grime and UK drill musical drama called ‘Jungle’ is coming to Amazon

South East London artist David GotSound makes sure that ‘You Know The Vibes’

Netflix are making a film about Martin Shkreli buying Wu Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind album

50 Cent claims that straight men are the “biggest target” of cancel culture

Ghetts, Tiffany Calver and more are offering free online music lessons to students

Study finds that British female artists are severely underrepresented on UK radio

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TikTok launches legal action with the Trump administration over US ban

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Pharrell’s ‘Entrepreneur’ video shares snapshots of black-owned business excellence

“Stop lying”: Megan Thee Stallion says she was shot by Tory Lanez

Headie One, AJ Tracey and Stormzy unite on the Crazy Town-sampling ‘Ain’t It Different’

Miles From Kinshasa and Murkage Dave link up over the Kadiata-produced ‘Motionz’

Britney Spears’ father is to remain in legal control of popstar after unsuccessful court hearing

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are giving away $1 million to “powerful women”

A. G. Cook announces ‘Apple’ album: hear ‘Oh Yeah’

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A contact-tracing app developed by music tech employees has launched in Berlin nightclubs

“[Black people] are asking for fairness, and we are asking for justice”: Cardi B talks to Joe Biden

Two men have been charged with the murder of Jam Master Jay

Headie One is in Barack Obama’s Summer Playlist

Reeko Squeeze drops hallucinatory visual for ‘Go Get It’

Reeko Squeeze returns with MK The Plug-produced ‘Go Get It’

Charli XCX’s virtual live show unleashed months of pent-up lockdown energy

Skepta collaborators Jaxxon D. Silva and Jesse James Solomon unite on ‘Blood On The Floor’

Nines recreates legendary rap records from across the decades in ‘Clout’ visuals

Carole Baskin slams “lurid” video for ‘WAP’ by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion

Looking backwards to move forwards, BackRoad Gee is taking UK rap into uncharted territory

Sways drops smooth new single and video for ‘Sweet One’

Jay Z is launching a university in New York

Miles From Kinshasa occupies an abstract black and white world in ‘Lookin’ 4 U’ video

Your Loss return with punk-stained hip-hop cut ‘Memory Hole’

Charli XCX is hosting a one-off digital performance of ‘how i’m feeling now’ to help the homeless

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Google Play Music to completely shut down by the end of the year

Aminé kicks back at a luxury tennis court in video for ‘Compensating’ feat. Young Thug

FKA twigs announces initiative to support sex workers during the pandemic

Let The Music Play campaign demands the UK government protect more jobs in the live music sector

The Streets and IDLES traverse a narcotic wilderness in ‘None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Alive’ video

Michael Eavis says Glastonbury might not return until 2022

Mercury Awards consider changes to eligibility rules after Rina Sawayama backlash

Frank Ocean’s teenage brother reportedly dies in car crash

Dave set to collaborate with Sir David Attenborough on new wildlife special

Tom Did It makes a melodic statement of intent in ‘Outside’ video

Jorja Smith reflects on her experiences with the Black Lives Matter movement on ‘By Any Means’

Rina Sawayama criticises Mercury Awards after being deemed not British enough to take part

Miles From Kinshasa’s ‘Lookin’ 4 U’ examines the interplay between technology and relationships

Music festivals to be supported in government coronavirus funding package

Emma Rena returns with captivating new single and video for ‘Armageddon’

Flohio cuts through the darkness in ‘Glamourised’ video

Rina Sawayama drops teaser trailer for ‘The Making of SAWAYAMA’ documentary

Megan Thee Stallion reveals she was shot in both feet, needing surgery, in tearful IG live

Octavian and Future team up on ‘Rari (Chapter 1)’

A Big Boi and Kate Bush collaboration could be on the cards

“I want to keep people excited”: Piers James is the genre-blending artist defying convention

More posthumous Pop Smoke albums are in the works

TeeZandos and Fizzler go back to back on the heavy-duty ‘Phone Call’

Kano, Moses Boyd and Charli XCX shortlisted for Mercury Prize 2020

Kim Kardashian posts statement about Kanye’s mental health after concerning behaviour

A new Kanye West album, ‘Donda’, is dropping this Friday

Headie One links up with Drake on ‘Only You Freestyle’

Cop or Drop? Bad Boy Chiller Crew review the singles

Indoor gigs can resume in England from August 1st, Boris Johnson announces

Unknown T definitively reflects on his inner self, past and future on debut mixtape ‘Rise Above Hate’

Premiere: umru reshapes Banoffee’s ‘Fukwit’ into a glitchy pop slammer

Premiere: Lido shares intergalactic visuals for slow-burning pop cut ‘Rise’

Miles From Kinshasa’s ‘Wearing Smiles’ is about not pretending that everything’s alright

Drive-in gigs from Wiley, Dizzee Rascal and The Streets cancelled due to local lockdown fears

Megan Thee Stallion was shot during incident involving Tory Lanez

Men charged with the murder of Pop Smoke could face the death penalty

Tory Lanez arrested after concealing firearm in car

Rejjie Snow recruits MF DOOM for single ‘Cookie Chips’

WOO HAH! festival locks Future, Young Thug, slowthai for 2021 edition

Rising UK rap star Artan shares atmospheric visuals to ‘Uncomfortable’

FKA twigs stars in short film about female empowerment through dance: ‘We Are The Womxn’

Kanye is running for president with an anti-vaccine, pro-life stance

The Trump administration is “looking at” banning TikTok in the US

Aminé shares ‘Compensating’ featuring Young Thug, announces new album

Unknown T shares details of ‘Rise Above Hate’ project featuring M Huncho, Young Adz and more

The 10 Best Pop Song Hooks, according to Jessy Lanza

Kanye has already missed voter registration deadlines for his presidential campaign

London talent Tora impresses on debut EP ‘Cavalier’

SL’s ‘Selhurst SE25’ EP is a welcome reminder that age is no barrier to greatness

The 10 Best Tracks To Get Your Head Right, according to Noodle

Digga D makes his long-awaited return: watch the video for ‘Woi’

Skepta, Radiohead and more back Let The Music Play campaign to save live music in the UK

Pa Salieu is the breakout Coventry star on the frontline of UK rap

Kanye West returns with a Travis Scott link-up on ‘Wash Us In The Blood’

Virgil Abloh artwork for Pop Smoke’s album to be changed after social media backlash

SL pledges £100,000 to charity to “empower today’s youth from all ethnicities”

Fekky launches C&C Foundation to support Black talent in local communities

Rebecca Judd curates our NEXT HYPE playlist

Jay Z’s Roc Nation helped Marcus Rashford win his free school meals campaign

Ray BLK accuses Ambush of sexual assault

Premiere: Ariel shares quarantine-shot video for horny bop ‘Party Line (Dial In)’

“People don’t really care. They just see us as criminals”: Ambush on injustice, police brutality and his bar-setting mixtape

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Dutchavelli “wanted by the police” for attending Black Lives Matter protest

Digga D threatened with prison recall after posting about Black Lives Matter

Murkage Dave and Manga ride a Mike Skinner beat on ‘Weird Kid In The Ends’ alternate version

The Grammys are removing the term “urban” from their award categories

K-pop fans rally to support Black Lives Matter

Bristol’s Colston Hall pledges to change its name after slave trader statue pulled down

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“We are living in one of the worst times in America”: Denzel Curry speaks out about police brutality

YG releases protest track ‘FTP’ (Fuck The Police)

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“The time to be passive has passed”: Novelist, Kojey Radical, Akala and more react to the death of George Floyd

This BBC documentary follows a teenager obsessed with Northern Soul

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Lana Del Rey slammed for criticising female artists of colour in album announcement

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The 10 Best UK Rap Films, according to Jords

Premiere: Miller Blue’s ‘Sunflower’ receives a dusky visual

Premiere: Rising Slough artist Houston X shares the James Blake-inspired ‘Scarlett Red’

slowthai and Kenny Beats link up on ‘MAGIC’

Skepta collaborator Jaxxon D. Silva drops narcotic freestyle ‘I Feel Like Pain’

Premiere: BAYLI tackles deception on R&B cut ‘boys lie’

Why criminalising drill music highlights failings at the heart of the UK government

Theodor Black drops video shot in isolation for ‘Had Enough’

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Premiere: Eliza Legzdina’s ‘Tic Toc’ is an ode to sex-positivity and girl gang power

DMY Recordings is now on Bandcamp

Theodor Black returns with introspective burner ‘Had Enough’

Less than half of US music fans say they’ll rush back to live events once lockdown restrictions are lifted

Premiere: Abigail Asante shares explosive debut single ‘Stupid’

Octavian joins Obongjayar and Santi in dystopian Matrix-style party on ‘Poison’ video

Rising singer-songwriter Farrah explores her identity in the video for ‘ID’

WOO HAH! festival has been postponed until 2021

You can now donate money to your favourite artists directly on Spotify

Kadiata encapsulates London’s lockdown spirit in the visuals for ‘Blindside’

Kanye West and Chick-Fil-A team up to provide 300,000 meals during coronavirus

Listen to a UK drill track produced by Joy Orbison

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Ticketmaster criticised for changing refund policy during global pandemic

Farrah champions her Iranian heritage on polished R&B cut ‘ID’

Instagram hints at plans to help artists monetise livestreams

UNTOLD and Neversea pledge their festival equipment to Romanian hospitals

Concerts and festivals may not return until autumn 2021, healthcare expert warns

The 10 Best R&B-Folk Tunes, according to Jasmine Jethwa

Jay Z and Meek Mill’s organisation send 100,000 surgical masks to US prisons

Black The Ripper passes away aged 32

Charli XCX announces self-isolation album, ‘how i’m feeling now’

Hear a compilation of chopped and screwed UK drill edits by Nammy Wams, First Circle and Ony

Bill Withers dies aged 81

Frank Ocean shares two new tracks: ‘Cayendo’ and ‘Dear April’

Headie One and Fred again.. boldly defy convention on the star-studded ‘Gang’

Snowy collaborates with Notts producer LVNDLXRD on ‘G.I. Joe’

Joell and Billy Got Waves share R&B-rap hybrid ‘AEIOU’

Chams, Blonder, Des Montana and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Headie One and Fred again.. announce mixtape with FKA twigs, Sampha and Octavian

The 10 Best Hype Williams-Directed Videos, according to Denai Moore

Company in charge of Coachella’s stages now building coronavirus emergency tents

Lovebox, Parklife, All Points East and more festivals have been postponed

The 10 Best Rihanna Album Cuts, according to Ragz Originale

Skepta, Chip and Young Adz are releasing a joint album

Apple Music’s Beats 1 hosts begin broadcasting from their homes

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Musicians turn to live streaming amid concert cancellations

Snowy nods to an ex-Newcastle United player on the explosive ‘Nile Ranger’

Glastonbury 2020 has been cancelled

Drill rapper Psychs shares the coronavirus-themed ‘Spreadin”

Caroline Polachek opened the gates of Heaven at her captivating London show

Theodor Black fronts the latest Disclosed Doors session

UK government introduces measures to help music venues deal with COVID-19 losses

Loski marks his return from prison with cold drill tune ‘Allegedly’

Tame Impala launch initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of their tour

Coachella likely to be postponed over coronavirus fears

Watch a mini-doc on Hackney singer-songwriter JNR Williams for Yamaha’s ‘Way Up’ series

The 10 Best Tracks That Define High Focus Records, according to The Four Owls

Kendrick Lamar announces mysterious pgLang project

Marathon Labs announce five music tech businesses for their mentoring programme

Your Loss, Nana Lourdes, Jäde and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Brother-sister duo Chasing Daze reveal the sunshine-soaked ‘Eyes’ EP

Cadet’s posthumous debut album ‘The Rated Legend’ will be released in April

Pinty cuts through the London night in video for DJ JD Sports (aka King Krule)-produced ‘It’s Just Life’

Rina Sawayama pokes fun at capitalist ignorance on ’00s-inspired pop cut ‘XS’

The 10 Best Tunes From The ’90s, according to Kamakaze

Aminé uses Ol’ Dirty Bastard sample on genre-stretching hip-hop cut ‘Shimmy’

A new documentary examines the controversies surrounding UK drill

Music and video duo Temptress return with ‘Loving Is A Game’

Aitch reflects on his chart-scaling year with freestyle ‘MICE’

Nigz TG, Chevel, Jouska and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Nigz TG’s eerie ‘Smash Hit’ samples an ’80s horror film

Pop Smoke killed in home invasion shooting

Dave calls Boris Johnson a “real racist” during Brit Awards performance

Unknown T cleared of New Year’s Eve party stabbing

Listen to Farrah’s ‘Sweet Feels’ Valentine’s playlist

Premiere: ELEVNS express the uniqueness of intimacy on ‘Love You Like I Do’

Premiere: Mai Kino pays teary-eyed homage to the miracle of birth in ‘Swim’

Arlo Parks drops new single, ‘Eugene’

Leo Dessi, On Man, MEYY and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Flohio dominates from all angles in ‘Heavy (freestyle)’ video

Track by Track: Slim Pappito – ‘Excellent Adventure’

AikJ and JyellowL forge R&B banger with a difference on ‘Last Flight (remix)’

Strawberries & Creem festival returns for 2020 with Sean Paul, Mike Skinner, Jaykae and more

Serena Isioma, Emerson Leif, Alex Banin and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Fizzler explores the darkness of poverty on fiery drill cut ‘Minimum Wage’

Kaytranada and Kali Uchis let loose at a retro dance party in ‘10%’ video

Gorillaz team up with slowthai and Slaves for Britpop-inspired track ‘Momentary Bliss’

BRAND NEW: HAWA

Kanye throws midnight Sunday Service honouring Kobe Bryant

FKA twigs says she wasn’t asked to sing at the Grammy’s Prince tribute

Tyler, the Creator labels his Grammy win a “backhanded compliment”

Premiere: Mercy’s Cartel addresses situationships on ‘Sleep’

J Hus marks new horizons with ‘Big Conspiracy’ album

Pop Smoke, slowthai, DaBaby locked for WOO HAH! 2020

Rosalía shares emotional prison visit video for flamenco song ‘Juro Que’

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British-Iranian artist Farrah releases the stirring ‘Back to You’

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13XL’s ‘Q_Q’ EP rips up convention with punk-tinged nihilism

Rina Sawayama announces ‘Sawayama’ album: hear ‘Comme Des Garçons (Like The Boys)’

Wiki traverses his hometown of New York in ‘The Routine’ video

Safiyyah ditches toxic energy for self-growth on ‘You Again’

Charli XCX collaborates with Nintendo on a song for its Japanese theme park

Priya Ragu, Kij, Nix Northwest and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Watch this documentary on Roadworks, the education course using drill to educate at-risk youth

Headie One sentenced to six months in jail

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Tommy Genesis is executing her own, rebellious world vision

Plan B explains the first past the post voting system on new cut

Kaytranada announces album ‘Bubba’: hear the Kali Uchis-featuring ‘10%’

At her Fire headline show, Hannah Diamond reignited her maximalist pop sound

Premiere: LP2Loose makes a bold statement of intent on ‘Waterkid’

IAMDDB drops ‘Famous’, announces European tour

Theodor Black reveals two sides of his personality with ‘Slow Burns’ and ‘Anxiety’

I Saw it First is searching for the best UK female artists

Blondie Snitch, Caev, G.L.A.M. and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Pop Songs In ’80s Movies, according to Saint DX

Nines makes highly-anticipated return in style with ‘Pride’

A.SAINT, Ashley Morgan, maxime. and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Ireland and South London collide on Offica x Fizzler’s drill heater ‘SkiddiBop’

Blue Story cinema ban labelled institutionally racist

The 10 Best Pop Songs With A Punk Mentality, according to Alma

Rina Sawayama confronts racial stereotypes on date from hell in the video for ‘STFU!’

Sila Lua, Jäde, Harry Edohoukwa and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Snowy collides with Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson on ‘EFFED’

Premiere: Japan-born newcomer E L L E blends noise and rap on ‘HYDRA’

slowthai, Rico Nasty and ICECOLDBISHOP feature on Take A Day Trip’s ‘Lighthouse’

New Kojey Radical x Napapijri T-shirt is brought to life using augmented reality

Clockenflap 2019 cancelled amidst escalating protests in Hong Kong

The 10 Best New Acts Coming Out of Brighton, according to Para Fiction

Doja Cat, Octavian and more announced for Spotify’s ‘Who We Be Live’ 2019

“Showing people your heart when it’s raw, it is vulnerable”: FKA twigs opens up on Beats 1 about ‘MAGDALENE’

Grandma, Phabo, Pool Cosby and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Azadi.mp3 articulates end-of-summer angst on ‘Summer In The Crypt’

slowthai and Mura Masa reunite with video for punk-infused ‘Deal Wiv It’

The 10 Best Rare Groove Tracks, according to Norman Jay

Frank Ocean teases Arca remix of Skepta collaboration ‘Little Demon’

Premiere: Hare Squead and Jay Prince advocate self-care on ‘Meeting With Myself’

Kanye West tops Christian charts for the first time with ‘Jesus Is King’

BRAND NEW: Dummy meets 18YOMAN

404, Master Peace, Azadi.mp3 and Kish! play our first NEXT HYPE night at Miranda

JFDR, Mia Carucci, Benin City, Piksel and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Premiere: SOPHIE collaborator Kota Banks shares luxe pop anthem ‘BIG BUCKS’

Kish! unveils the cinematic, lo-fi video for ‘Sly Cooper’

The 10 Best Non-English International Pop Hits, according to Sirens Of Lesbos

Haich Ber Na asks “where is home?” on disorientating new EP

Premiere: Effie’s ‘Fairytale’ flips the concept of idealised relationships

Kllo, Denitia, Berel and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Quelle Rox, Kwaku Asante, Crook and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Names In Underground Rap, according to Don Krez

GAIKA, Kai Whiston, Big Zuu and more play Roundhouse Rising festival

Skengdo x AM return with first full-length mixtape ‘Back Like We Never Left’

Haich Ber Na, Deema, Rada and Theodor Black kick off Dummy’s BRAND NEW Laylow residency

Premiere: Production powerhouse God Colony return with the steely ‘Etiquette’

Lonelyspeck, Grasps, AJÁ ROSE and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Drake’s OVO Sound releases the Top Boy soundtrack

Bloodz Boi, Joey G ii, Sandy Hsu and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

“That’s what I’m proudest of, that I have a diehard fanbase”: The cult of Kim Petras

Inka Upendo, Limvge, T. Evann and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The practicality of the Dutch made Lowlands festival 2019 another success

Premiere: Measure For Measure’s ‘PaperCuts’ channels “obsession, rejection, intimacy”

The best Norwegian artists who played Øya festival 2019

Haich Ber Na, Tiggz, Shahrae and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best LA Songs You’ve Never Heard, according to AUGUST 08

Doja Cat channels Fruit Ninja in the video for ‘Juicy’

Tohji, Rockstar Payso, Lonelyspeck and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Drag Race Lip Synch For Your Life Tracks, according to Blanck Mass

ISM calls on government to cover musicians’ costs in event of no-deal Brexit

The 10 Best Andy Kaufman Moments, according to Pen Gutt

The 10 Best Under-18 MCs In The Game, according to Oso Wavey Jay

13XL throw caution to the wind in the visuals for ‘Love & Guap’

“I want to put out something timeless”: The unstoppable vision of Rich Brian

The best female acts to catch at Øya festival 2019

The 10 Best UK Collaborations, according to Steel Banglez

The 10 Best Chicano Anthems, according to Cuco

slowthai, Little Simz, IDLES nominated for the Hyundai Mercury Prize 2019

Premiere: Benny Mails distills the fiery passion of his live shows into ‘Marathon’

Badgirl$ are the trio looking to reignite the British pop landscape

Premiere: Tallulah’s double visual for ‘Strangers’ and ‘Kept’ imagines freedom from bad relationships

How To Get Your Track Playlisted On Spotify, according to the experts

Premiere: Icelandic rapper Countess Malaise drops post-apocalyptic visuals for ‘Veskið Mitt’

Rosalía brought London to pin-drop silence at her Somerset House show

Unknown T charged with murder of a 20-year-old man

The 10 Best Songs To Empower Womxn, according to Ashnikko

Corella shares Cadenza collaboration ‘Hey Cutie’

Premiere: Blvckhaze’s ‘SWA’ is the dancehall banger you need for summer

Ramz “getting the support he needs” after posting suicide-related message on social media

Women ruled Wireless 2019, the year of US-UK link ups

‘Idris Elba Presents: The YARDIE Mixtape’ blends the best of Jamaica and the UK with a star-studded track list

iris, MC Tigz, Sha Bussin Not Ya Cousin and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The best UK acts to catch at Wireless Festival 2019

K Trap removes his mask and drops new mixtape ‘No Magic’

13XL overload the senses on new video for ‘Frosty Tips’

Flohio returns with a bang on the mind-bending ‘Hell Bent’

A$AP Rocky raised the roof at the Chivas XV x L’Arc party in Paris

Ake, Blasé, Vanacana and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

13XL release all-consuming new track ‘Frosty Tips’

Nafe Smallz aims to fill the void on buoyant new EP ‘Good Love’

Strawberries & Creem 2019 was a celebration of UK music past and present

Justend, Aiya, Las Aves and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Diane Abbott invites drill artists to the Houses of Parliament to discuss censorship

Kojey Radical dances through darkness in new video for ‘Can’t Go Back’

Krept & Konan urge police to stop targeting drill artists with new petition

Corella tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

Corella pulls up at a barber shop with TĀLĀ in the video for ‘Pull Up’

Octavian flexes his musical prowess on new mixtape ‘Endorphins’

Sky Ferreria, Yaeji, Kim Petras feature on Charli XCX’s new album ‘Charli’

Little Simz returns to her pirate radio roots in new ‘101 FM’ video

AMAZONDOTCOM, Daniel Adé, ZEM and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

GoldLink unveils star-studded new album ‘Diaspora’

M.I.A. dedicates MBE to her mother who hand-sewed medals for the Queen

Skengdo x AM team up with Russian blood artist to protest artistic censorship

The 10 Best Portuguese Rap Tracks, according to Holly

Fresh All Day: Ryan Hemsworth interviews Yurufuwa Gang

The 10 Best Self-Produced Tracks, according to NIKI

Erika de Casier sounds like pop’s past and future at the same time

We Love Green 2019 was Paris’s eco-friendly answer to Primavera

“I withdrew from life in general”: Jai Paul returns, breaking silence about seven-year hiatus

We Love Green 2019 is 100% powered by renewable energy

8Ruki, FAKETHIAS, SQ Diesel and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Three 6 Mafia Tracks, according to Kamandi

The 10 Best Swedish Non-Dance Music From The Last Year Or So, according to Kornél Kovács

slowthai’s ‘Nothing Great About Britain’ does away with old visions of British patriotism

Premiere: 13XL let us into their secret basement shows on ‘Show You The Whole World And Show You How It Spins’

slowthai covered Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ last night

Charli XCX recruits Lizzo for ‘Blame It On Your Love’

ROMderful is recycling his life experience into musical gold

GAIKA drops surprise ‘HEATERS 4 THE 2 SEATERS’ mixtape with Dean Blunt and Rome Fortune

J Hus, Wizkid and BBK are on Skepta’s forthcoming ‘Ignorance Is Bliss’

Listen to a new mix of UK drill essentials

Why I Do Dis: Nammy Wams on the return of Slackk’s Grime Tapes and the scene’s resistance to drill

SEANTHOMMONEY, Lul Lion, Deaton Chris Anthony and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Denzel Curry’s ‘RICKY’ revolves around backyard brawls in southern Florida

Tyler, the Creator is dropping a new album, ‘IGOR’, next week

Col3trane tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

Scammers are selling fake Vybz Kartel dubplates while he’s incarcerated

The 10 Best Tracks by Filipino Artists, according to No Rome

Snowbombing 2019 gathered the diversity of the UK’s rich music culture in a jaw-dropping setting

404, Mikey Fleece, myouçeej and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

BANKS returns with the Hudson Mohakwe-produced ‘Gimme’

Premiere: Ashnikko plays with gentleman’s club tropes in her ‘Special’ video

FKA twigs is back with ‘Cellophane’ and a hallucinatory pole-dancing video

James Blake’s Eventim Apollo show was a return to form – and his hometown

FKA twigs mails “loyal supporters” a portrait of herself, new music looks imminent

Orrin, Jaymie Silk, Junes UB and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Robyn’s first London show in eight years was pure pop perfection

Wiley calls Drake a “bumbahole” after Drake labels him “goofy”

Premiere: Katie McBride embraces the natural world in the video for ‘NBSL’

Charli XCX and MNEK have worked on a song on K-pop group TWICE’s album

Donalee, Le Dom, Kida Kudz and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Five acts not to miss at Snowbombing 2019

Playing With Fire: The rapid rise and fall of N-Dubz

Caleon Fox, Lady Midnight, Mignon and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Missy Elliott Videos, according to Knucks

Pirate Studios launch a hunt for fresh UK talent with their Pirate Prodigy programme

Premiere: Sam Binga drafts in Houston hip-hop legend Paul Wall for ‘All Cap’

Rosalía tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

French rap icons PNL share video for ‘Au DD’, announce ‘Deux Frères’ album

slowthai announces his debut album, ‘Nothing Great About Britain’

Premiere: Skinny Malone goes to prom in his ‘We Don’t Know Him’ video

slowthai and Denzel Curry reportedly have a collaboration on the way

Vinny Fanta, Rome Fortune, Shungu and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Lizzo tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

Black Midi’s terrifying noise and Tierra Whack’s lost shoes: SXSW 2019 highlights

The 10 Best Male Singers, according to Cassy

Grimes reveals plans to kill her ‘Grimes’ moniker, gives confusing new interview

Five things we learned at AJ Tracey’s genre-blending, moshpit-inducing Cambridge show

Doja Cat is ten steps ahead of your favourite rapper

Slated to rated: How Ireland’s changing demographic has facilitated the explosion of Irish drill

The 10 Best Paris-Inspired Tracks, according to Lolo Zouaï

The 10 Best Road Rap Tracks, according to Little Torment

Holly Herndon tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

The 10 Best British Artists Who Aren’t Playing Copy Cat, according to Kadiata

Brandy, Andrè 3000 and Smokey Robinson will feature on Anderson .Paak’s next album

Reset and ready: Jelani Blackman is returning to his early independence

DJ Plead, Jaeho Hwang, Tama Gucci and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

NULA’s future R&B jam ’60 Minutes’ was the result of an “outer-body experience”

Skengdo x AM top our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

YS Tekdinner loops in P From Lee for ’40/20′

M.I.C is a master of meaningful conversation

Track by Track: Jay Prince – ‘WONDER’

Klein Zage, Ghetto Vanessa, Morabeza Tobacco and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Premiere: LATER produce another ’80s-influenced banger with ‘Young’

2 Chainz, Tarquin, Solange and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Taking Off: BenjiFlow

Premiere: Julian Mika blends good vibes with melancholy on ‘Pattern’

Flohio’s ‘BANDAGE’ freestyle showcases her relentless live energy

Secretive LA duo Emotional Oranges reveal ‘Corners Of My Mind’, inspired by painful heartbreak

Big Nate, Atelier Blue, Jeannel and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best ’90s Hip-Hop Records, according to Jaguar Skills

A Timbaland-produced Young Thug track has leaked

Premiere: Dublin’s Kojaque stars in his own musical for ‘Flu Shot’

Doja Cat, Col3trane, UNIIQ3 and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Mac Miller reportedly made an album with Madlib before his death

Woke acceptance speeches and weak feminism: five takeaways from the Brit Awards 2019

Wiki wonders whether there’s a ‘Cheat Code’ to life on his new track

Giggs shares ‘187’, the first track from his ‘Big Bad’ album

Premiere: Transatlantic collaboration Wilma Vritra drop the woozy ‘Targets & Digits’

Tierra Whack sings about selfishness on ‘Only Child’

Ushamami, Modulaw, Mike Drones and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Skate Videos, according to Shlohmo

Rico Nasty drops a camera roll’s worth of memes in the video for ‘Sandy’

YouTube deletes 70 more UK drill videos at the Met Police’s request

21 Savage describes solitary confinement and more in first interview since arrest

The 10 Best Beyoncé Tracks, according to Big Tobz

Dummy Mix 537 // Mia Carucci’s She’s Emotional Vol IV

Peckham’s Tallulah introduces herself with ‘More Than Friends’

Influences: Merely – ‘Hatching The Egg’

Premiere: Etta Bond’s ‘Shorny’ video pieces together her intimate FaceTime recordings

Premiere: Skepta collaborator Daisy Maybe shares two dimensions of her sound on ‘Cinnamon’ and ‘Stop’

Quelle Rox, Chrisfrmkro, Ta-Ra and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Kehlani builds anticipation for her ‘While We Wait’ mixtape: Hear ‘Butterfly’

Kali Uchis and Jorja Smith announce ‘The Kali & Jorja Tour’

Roses Gabor shares luxurious electronic-pop number ‘Turkish Delight’

Justine Skye accuses Sheck Wes of physical abuse and stalking

The 10 Best Tracks To Play FIFA To, according to AJ Tracey

Women won big at the 2019 Grammy Awards

Kim Petras drops three new tracks: hear SOPHIE collaboration ‘1,2,3 dayz up’

WOO HAH! festival locks Pusha T, Lil Uzi Vert, Rich The Kid

The 10 Best Artists Coming Out Of Manchester, according to DRS

London Jade, Inwards, Zed Kenzo and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here lines up Tirzah, Matthew Herbert, Skee Mask

After teasing new music, Frank Ocean’s tumblr appears to have been hacked

Dummy is hosting a stage at Strawberries & Creem 2019 with WSTRN and Jimothy Lacoste

Taking Off: Celeste

21 Savage arrested: US immigration say he is a “UK national”

Murlo, Kojey Radical, Big Boi and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Premiere: 404’s ‘Fearful’ makes use of the British Transport Police’s surveillance slogan

Lil Berete and Loski link up in Iceland for ‘Go N Get It’

Kojey Radical teams up with KZ again on coming-of-age anthem ’25’

Deb Never, Kam-Bu & Pullen, Maya Ricci and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Skengdo x AM speak out about being given suspended prison sentences for performing drill

Azealia Banks cut through the Twitter noise at her London headline shows

Behind Bars: After years of the UK banning music, attempts to censor drill break alarming new ground

Glastonbury kicks off its Emerging Talent Competition for 2019

A new DAWN: Dummy meets the one-woman movement redefining independence

Vampire Weekend announce ‘Father Of The Bride’ album: Hear ‘2021’ and ‘Harmony Hall’

JMK$, Chrxstal Sarah, Pseudo and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

“Liberal or conservative we ALL suffer”: Cardi B continues feuding with Trump supporters on Twitter

Toro y Moi just gave away a free mixtape on Dropbox, ‘Soul Trash’

Dummy Mix 533 // Silk Road Assassins

Rosalía joins a motorbike gang and burns windmills in the stunning video for ‘De Aquí No Sales’

Gilles Peterson announces inaugural We Out Here festival for 2019

Eurosonic Noorderslag 2019’s success stories came from unexpected sources

Premiere: Iglooghost-championed BABii shows off dizzying electronics on ‘SEiiZURE’

Chris Brown arrested in Paris on rape charges

Drake announces ‘Assassination Vacation’ European tour

Max Jury shares groove-laden ‘Sweet Lie’, announces album ‘Modern World’

Mike Ashley ‘in talks’ to buy HMV

Six things we learned from The 1975’s O2 Arena show, 2019

The 10 Best Gospel-Influenced Tracks, according to Samm Henshaw

Five takeaways from James Blake’s ‘Assume Form’

TĀLĀ’s ‘Birthday Cake’ visuals flip female objectification

Why Manchester is the new creative epicentre of neo-soul and hip-hop

Premiere: Selma Judith’s ‘Inner Thigh’ is another intimate take from the Danish singer

DAWN celebrates female sexuality on the Hudson Mohawke-produced ‘sauce’

Moodymann shares video of aggressive confrontation with Detroit police

Peckham venue Ghost Notes is shutting up shop next month

Dummy Mix 532 // Lumi

Higher Brothers’ ‘Open It Up’ video is a taste of their moshpit-fuelled live shows

The 10 Best Sade Tracks, according to Taliwhoah

Premiere: Rina Mushonga goes lush and vibrant on Afro-pop jam ‘For A Fool’

B Joux, Callosum, Rubii and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

What we learned at Future’s album launch and documentary screening last night

Watch Greentea Peng perform live at the Dummy x Mixcloud party at the Dr Martens Boot Room

Lafawndah announces ‘ANCESTOR BOY’ album: Hear ‘DADDY’

Kehlani, Skinny Malone, Aitch and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Hudson Mohawke, A.G. Cook and more played a music festival inside Minecraft yesterday

The 10 Best New Artists Coming Out Of Australia, according to Cub Sport

The 15 Most Exciting New Artists for 2019

Premiere: Check the lo-fi, smoked-out ‘SSV2’ from Lord Apex

Octavian wins BBC Sound Of poll 2019

The 10 Best Andrè 3000 verses, according to Daniel Alexander

Premiere: Izzie Gibbs embraces his grime roots on ‘Lit’

Premiere: Congolese collective Bala Bala Boyz deliver the energetic ‘Baza Ba Skivre’

The 10 Best Hidden French Electronic Gems, according to Povoa

Lana Del Rey shares sparse new track ‘hope is a dangerous thing…’

Grimes uploads ‘Nightcore’ remix of ‘We Appreciate Power’

Pink Siifu, Zuukou mayzie, Nayana Iz added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Premiere: ASAP Mob collaborator Solo Mario drops a wavy video for ‘Draco’

Mike Skinner, The Heatwave and more confirmed for Snowboxx 2019

Giggs announces ‘Big Bad’ album: Watch the monster movie-style trailer

slowthai channels the Trainspotting toilet scene in his new video for ‘Doorman’

Killavesi, D’Angelo, Bladee and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Taking Off: Church & AP

Fatima is making her Roundhouse debut: win two tickets

James Blake reportedly has an album coming with André 3000, Rosalía guest slots

Bad Bunny dropped his surprise debut album on Christmas Eve

8 Artists To Watch in 2019

Celeste explores modern-day relationships in the shadowy video for ‘Lately’

The 10 Best Labels of 2018

BBC Three has unveiled a new ‘Searching for Kanye West’ documentary

Angel-Ho, Laces, GKR and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 50 Best Tracks of 2018

Putin wants the Kremlin to “take charge” of Russian rap music

The 25 Best Albums of 2018

Croydon rapper Corella unleashes the brooding, Cadenza-produced ‘Talk’

J Hus sentenced to eight months in jail for carrying a knife

Corella, Lunice, Bad Bunny and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Sampa The Great, Trim, Gucci Mane + more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Watch Jerome Thomas’s ‘Afrofuturist Western’ video for ‘Bruises’

Premiere: Tom Demac turns in a dramatic rework of PBR Streetgang’s ‘Transfunction’

No Fear: Dummy meets Jarreau Vandal

London Living: Shy One & Kwam talk ‘Spoons’

From Basel to Berlin: Dummy meets Naim

Yxng Bane and Ms Banks play Boiler Room x Lynx Music’s ‘One Night Only’

Friendly Fires’ club rave at Oval Space was a masterclass in the live experience

Listen to Yaeji’s ‘Blowing Up The Workshop’ karaoke mix

Meek Mill’s ‘Championships’ album is out today with Drake, Cardi B, Future

Black Josh, Murlo, Ian Isiah and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Premiere: Rising soul singer Louis Centioni heads to New York for ‘Here I Go Again’

“Everything I make seems to oscillate between sweetness and violence”: Dummy meets Fauness

Premiere: Semi Precious transcends music and fashion in new video for ‘Vacancy’

Rina Sawayama shares new difference-embracing pop anthem ‘Flicker’

The 10 Best Mariah Carey Album Cuts, according to Homeshake

Obongjayar returns with the stunning ‘Never Change’

Stormzy and Pharrell feature on a new EP aiming to help end extreme poverty

Taking Off: [ K S R ]

Daisy Maybe enlists Skepta for dark-edged cut ‘The Answer’

Tommy Cash starts a cult in his new video for ‘X-Ray’

Influences: Miink – ‘Small Clan’

Tyler Durden flex: Dummy meets Col3trane

Hannah Diamond announces new album: Listen to ‘True’

Premiere: Strict Face channels seductive R&B on ‘Cherryhugs’

Compton is in the house: Channel Tres makes house music born from his West Coast roots

Festival report: Pitchfork Paris, 2018

Livin’ Proof celebrate their 11th birthday: listen to their exclusive mix


No longer mad as hell: Dummy meets Father

Premiere: Watch R&B star-in-waiting JGrrey’s neon-lit video

Premiere: Watch R&B star-in-waiting JGrrey’s neon-lit video

Premiere: Rømans’ ‘People’ tackles violence and bigotry

Premiere: Rømans’ ‘People’ tackles violence and bigotry

The Dummy guide to M.I.A.

Taking Off: YS Tekdinner

“I want to write about real emotions”: Dummy meets Mahalia

Ariel’s ‘In-N-Out’ is a pop-tinged ode to our throwaway, fast food culture

The 10 Best Underrated Pop Gems, according to LIZ

Charli XCX jumps on Tommy Genesis’s ‘100 Bad’

WOO HAH! 2018: The Dutch festival serving as the ultimate hip-hop getaway

Festival report: Lovebox, London, 2018

10 of the best UK drill tracks, according to 67

The 10 best Tupac Shakur tracks, according to Jamz Supernova

The 10 best French rap tracks, according to Para One

Jamie xx: “I’m not a lyrics guy.”

Next: Rina Sawayama

The Dummy guide to Janet Jackson

Fatima interview: “So many colours and crazy sounds.”

Banks – Waiting Game (produced by SOHN)

Erasing the straight lines of hip-hop

“Turn it into positivity”: Angel Haze interviewed

Mykki Blanco interview: “I’m basically just doing glam rock.”

“Fuck hype”: Dummy meets A$AP Rocky

The 10 best soul songs, according to Macy Gray

The 10 best soul songs, according to Macy Gray

Comment: How Angel Haze is re-defining the modern popstar

The 10 Best Dr. Dre Productions Since ‘The Chronic: 2001’

The 15 Most Significant Pitchfork Reviews

The 15 most significant Pitchfork reviews

The xx: “It started as a joke”