An Iceland neighbourhood wants a Kanye West statue built on the grounds of its swimming pool

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ENNY drops hard-hitting ‘Ask About Me’ freestyle

Big Dada relaunches as a label for “Black, POC & Minority Ethnic” artists

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Balou serves up afterparty vibes on the slow-burning ‘Best Wishes’

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South East London’s Juvie puts his ambition on display on ‘Lil More’

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’

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

7th Obi shares melodic rap number ‘High School’

Paris’s Morena lifts a middle finger to f*ckboys on her ‘Sad Boy Hours’ EP

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Loraine James collaborator Le3 bLACK drops icy drill number ‘Cold Winter’

Mya K shares ‘Moves’, an R&B cut dedicated to the hustle

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

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

Ragz Originale returns with ‘brush u’, announces ‘WOAH’ mixtape

Sim Fane, Mansion Boy, Aaron Black and more front our BRAND NEW Tracks of the Week

Pa Salieu wins BBC Sound of 2021

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

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

One in ten songs streamed globally are by British artists

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slowthai reveals punchy birthday single ‘Thoughts’

Griselda Records announce debut feature film CONFLICTED

FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf for “relentless” abusive behaviour

Damola shares the R&B-meets-soul ‘Wrong Appeal’

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Lil Nas X says Frank Ocean and Tyler, The Creator made it easier for him to come out

DEELA hits up KA$H for trap cut ‘ROLLING STONES’

Drake has released an $80 scented candle that smells like himself

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Premiere: Ess West presents a homage to family at an isolating time in ‘So Solid’ visuals

Pa Salieu announces his debut UK tour

Flohio unleashes high-powered mixtape ‘No Panic No Pain’

Tom Did It returns with cloud rap message to the haters ‘Like Me’

Blay Vision chalks out his unique rap vision on new ‘Pain’ EP

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Ragz Originale returns with the smooth ‘OG lullaby’

Def Jam is launching in the UK as 0207 Def Jam

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

Just John, Slowmotiondancer, Yaielle Golden and more front our BRAND NEW Tracks of the Week

Your Loss call on Kish! for the grime-influenced ‘Hov & Puffy’

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

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

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

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

Octavian has been accused of domestic abuse

Loyle Carner returns with the Madlib-produced ‘Yesterday’

Mutss and Dizzle AP lock horns on ‘No Cappin’

slowthai says his new album is done

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Kanye West concedes election defeat, announces ‘Kanye 2024’

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

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

Beyoncé owns 80,000 bees

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

Pa Salieu’s debut mixtape ‘Send Them To Coventry’ is arriving next month

Premiere: 7th Obi shares glitchy visuals to jazz-rap hybrid ‘Confusion’

Ragz Originale shares “global bounce” track ‘ring out ft. 24hoursav’

Flohio and Kasien play on British pub stereotypes in ‘With Ease’ visuals

Kanye West says that instead of buying his masters he’ll buy Universal Music

Stormzy’s ‘Rainfall’ video was built inside a video game

Premiere: AikJ teams up with Ama and Evans Jnr in psychedelic ‘Replacement’ visuals

Four Tet has made an album with Madlib

HEN$HAW addresses social media toxicity on potent hip-hop cut ‘TIMELINE’

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’

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

FKA twigs wrote a whole album in lockdown with El Guincho

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

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

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’

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’

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

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

Knucks is the rising North West Londoner peddling a new wave of alternative rap

Skepta links with Essie Gang’s L3 and Michael Phantom on ‘No Stress’

Watch a pregnant slowthai in the mind-bending video for ‘feel away’

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

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’

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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’

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

UK Focus: Beneath the surface of Brighton’s bustling underground rap scene

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

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

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

Tune in this Friday for a livestream from Hen$haw, Tm & Remy, wAv.2000 and Kanashi

“[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

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

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

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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

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

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’

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

Flohio cuts through the darkness in ‘Glamourised’ video

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

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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

Cop or Drop? Bad Boy Chiller Crew review the singles

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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)

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

The 10 Best UK Rap Tracks of All Time, according to Smoke Boys

Track by Track: Oscar #Worldpeace – ‘Sporadic’

Premiere: Lucy DK’s ‘Southbank’ is about meeting her absent father for the first time in a decade

The 10 Best Underground Artists from the UK and Ireland, according to Cam Wild

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’

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

Here’s what you should be buying on Bandcamp today

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’

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

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

The 10 Best Female Rappers of All Time, according to Lavida Loca

“Why do we need to be making stuff right now?”: Dummy meets Tommy Cash

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

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

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

Skepta, Chip and Young Adz are releasing a joint album

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

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

Theodor Black fronts the latest Disclosed Doors session

Coachella likely to be postponed over coronavirus fears

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

Kendrick Lamar announces mysterious pgLang project

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

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’

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

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

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

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

BRAND NEW: HAWA

Kanye throws midnight Sunday Service honouring Kobe Bryant

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

The 10 Best Examples of Chinese Instrumentation in Hip-Hop/Pop, according to GZ Tian 

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

The 20 Most Exciting Artists For 2020

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

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

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

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

The 50 Best Albums of 2019

The 50 Best Tracks of 2019

The 20 Best UK Drill Projects of 2019, according to Nammy Wams

Tray Haggerty, Lijah, Cloutgod Duggie and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

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%’

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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 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 10 Best UK Collaborations, according to Steel Banglez

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

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’

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’

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 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”

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

M.I.C is a master of meaningful conversation

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

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

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

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

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’

Mac Miller reportedly made an album with Madlib before his death

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

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

Justine Skye accuses Sheck Wes of physical abuse and stalking

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

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

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

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

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

Dummy Mix 533 // Silk Road Assassins

Chris Brown arrested in Paris on rape charges

Drake announces ‘Assassination Vacation’ European tour

Five takeaways from James Blake’s ‘Assume Form’

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’

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

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’

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’

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

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

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

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

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

Taking Off: YS Tekdinner

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

The Dummy guide to Janet Jackson

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 Dr. Dre Productions Since ‘The Chronic: 2001’

The 15 Most Significant Pitchfork Reviews

The 15 most significant Pitchfork reviews