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 ...

On the second day of the Wireless Festival, Drake showed up, which brought back a debate in hip hop circles: how UK rappers compare to those from the US. He took the stage with Skepta and said things ...

Boy Blue brings its new show, dense with dance and rootsy British hip-hop, to Lincoln Center. By Brian Seibert The dancers of Boy Blue, a London hip-hop dance company, move with extraordinary ...

Gambling and hip-hop culture are closely connected and have common contact points regarding big sums, getting money, thrilling emotions, luxurious life, and so on. Rap culture and gambling have always ...

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 ...

LONDON—In a country where the combined ethnic population represents a tiny 8 percent, young black music fans have rarely been the focus of popular-music marketing. But these days, black British DJs, ...

Janette Beckman is a photographer based in New York. An exhibition of her work, “Rebels and Icons,” runs through April at the ...

black british music (2025), the new project from multi-hyphenate Jim Legxacy, tells the story of a U.K. rap scene overspilling its borders as it... During the second night of headlining shows at ...