‘Your favourite rappers are only alive because of our sacrifices’: the secret life of rap bodyguards
From 2Pac in the 90s to XXXTentacion and more in recent years, murder is frequent in the US rap scene. The men trying to protect the artists explain the physical and psychological toll
July 2024
Drake’s Toronto mansion seriously flooded amid record-breaking storms
Rapper films muddy water pouring through 50,000 sq ft home, quipping ‘this better be espresso martini’
Record rainfall hits parts of Toronto – video
The Canadian rapper Drake shared footage of his home submerged in flood water after storms hit Toronto
‘Not like us’: Argentina take shot at Drake after rapper loses $300,000 bet against them
Weeks after being publicly humiliated by the world’s greatest rapper Drake has been publicly humiliated by the world’s greatest footballer
May 2024
‘Rapper’s Delight planted a seed for the rest of my life’: Questlove on hoarding, capturing hip-hop history and the Kendrick-Drake beef
From Baby Reindeer to Taylor Swift, how amateur sleuths ruined pop culture
Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track debuts at number one in the US
‘There’s been one winner – this restaurant’: Toronto eatery is victor in Kendrick-Drake beef
Drake and Kendrick’s rap beef explained: is this a ‘forever thing’?
‘I bet Drake heard it and laughed’: BBL Drizzy is the real winner of the Drake-Kendrick feud
Drake v Kendrick Lamar’s rap beef has turned very ugly – who is benefiting from such a spectacle?
Nels Abbey
Man arrested for attempted break-in at Drake’s Toronto mansion
Drake and Kendrick Lamar don’t get that women’s pain isn’t a punchline
Tayo Bero
Drake’s security guard ‘seriously injured’ in shooting at Toronto mansion
How could Sunak and Starmer liven up the election? I vote for a rap battle
Zoe Williams
Drake denies allegations by Kendrick Lamar of underage sex and harbouring secret child
‘You a scam artist’: the most brutal moments in Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track
Kendrick Lamar responds to Drake with diss track Euphoria in escalating feud
