From OJ Simpson to Danny Masterson: the celebrity support letter has long been a fixture of American justice
Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Iggy Azalea have faced backlash over character letters on behalf of fellow stars
June 2022
Fake nudes: fashion embraces the return of photo-realistic nipples
Kylie Jenner posts a gasp-inducing selfie in a Gaultier bikini and Miley Cyrus poses in Sinead Gorey’s ‘naked’ top
July 2019
Shortcuts
Iggy Azalea battles for chart supremacy against ... Peppa Pig?
The Australian rapper has seen her bid for chart domination under threat with the news that the children’s favourite animated porker is releasing an album
March 2018
Roxanne Shanté: the rapper who paved the way for Cardi B and Nicki Minaj
Is pop ready for Beyoncé's rap alter-ego?
January 2018
Pink, Sheryl Crow and more slam Grammys boss for telling women to 'step up'
Musicians hit back after Neil Portnow suggested women must seize initiative to succeed in the music industry
September 2017
Faux real: Taylor Swift, Jay-Z and the ‘leaks’ that are too good to be true
Pop fans have started creating fake album tracklists, often with more revealing results than the reality
April 2017
This week's new tracks
Sparks’s Hippopotamus: the Mael brothers return with a piscine nightmare
Also this week: Rag’n’Bone Man is back with his cod-soul basics range and Iggy Azalea is still twerking, for some reason
January 2017
Unmissable culture of 2017
Future sounds: the best pop and rock of 2017
Black Sabbath rumble towards the end of the road, Drake and comeback kid Craig David spread goodwill across the UK, and the xx top the stack of new releases
February 2016
Coldplay: only the latest pop stars to misrepresent India as an exotic playground
The legacy of colonial representation in music videos from Major Lazer, Iggy Azalea and now Coldplay extends beyond the cultural appropriation debate
September 2015
Ice Cube gives Iggy Azalea the nod of approval: 'She makes dope songs'
Former NWA rapper dismisses criticisms of the Australian hip-hop artist, saying the only thing that matters is ‘what comes out of the speaker’
August 2015
Eminem criticised over rape lyric on Dr Dre's Compton
Campaigner Karen Ingala Smith angered by Medicine Man rhymes that ‘contribute to a conducive context for sexual violence’
July 2015
What we learned this week
The week in music: Rihanna's BBHMM video, Prince on Tidal and more
Iggy Azalea criticises press for stirring row with Britney Spears
June 2015
Pretty Girls throw shade: Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea clash over 'flop'
The pop stars have a public falling-out over their track Pretty Girls, with Azalea blaming its failure on Spears’s lack of effort to promote it
What we learned this week
The week in music: the Apple Music launch, Miley Cyrus's latest sexual revelations, and more
From Ariana Grande’s Twitter feminism to the fallout from Ten Walls’ anti-gay Facebook rant, here’s our weekly music news roundup
Iggy Azalea pulls out of LGBT festival following protests
XXL's Freshman Class list is way off the mark – again
Iggy Azalea cancelled tour because she 'deserves a break'
May 2015
Iggy Azalea cancels her Great Escape tour of the US for a second time
Australian rapper says she is still committed to upcoming festival appearances and will ‘be back out on the road when the next album is done’
