As Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more continue their high-profile beef, we run down the most inspired – and vicious – attacks in rap’s history
December 2022
Do they know it’s Christmas?! Why today’s meek festive pop lacks the crucial chaos element
Emma Garland
Despite annual attempts at toppling Mariah, there hasn’t been a new Christmas classic in nearly a decade. Modern songwriters shoot too classy: history tells us that commotion is the only way
April 2020
Cardi B schools Bernie and Bhad Bhabie goes 'brownface': rappers in quarantine
Social distancing is wearing on Gucci Mane, Drake is rattling around his empty mansion and old R&B stars shouldn’t use technology
March 2019
Solange: When I Get Home review – lose yourself in Knowles' hazy vision
Pharrell Williams, Sampha and Tyler, the Creator are among the guests on Knowles’ fourth album – but they can’t always prevent it from floating away
February 2018
Gucci Mane biopic in the works based on rapper's book
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane is making its way to the big screen with Hollywood heavyweight Brian Grazer producing
October 2017
Gucci Mane: Mr Davis review – hooks and charisma but lacks lyrical edge
March 2017
Know the ledge: the best hip-hop autobiographies
The tiny literary genre has only a few entries but the most accomplished rap memoirs offer insight into worlds that are unimaginable to most
January 2017
Gucci Mane: The Return of East Atlanta Santa review – Christmas album with white stuff
October 2016
Gucci Mane: ‘Being in a place full of death motivated me to change my life’
Once one of the most feared figures in hip-hop, the rapper and trap pioneer has made three albums since being released from prison in May – and spent time repairing old bonds. ‘I was wild,’ he says
Gucci Mane: Everybody Looking review – light on laughs and charm
(Atlantic)
Gucci Mane review – Drake and Fetty Wap join rapper in fresh start after prison
Future among those sharing stage at sold-out show, where Gucci, more Clark Kent than Superman, took some time to find his footing
May 2016
Fetty Wap review – trap king kills the atmosphere and buries the hooks
The New Jersey rapper appears to be winging it in a badly thought-out show full of identikit trap and overpowering bass
Gucci Mane released early from Indiana prison
Rapper is released months early after serving sentences for aggravated assault and possession of a firearm
Fetty Wap: ‘I didn’t even get to use no bed – I was lucky to have a carpet’
Just over three years ago the New Jersey rapper was dealing drugs and practically homeless. In 2015, his track Trap Queen was the year’s biggest sleeper hit. So how is this ‘hip-hop Evel Knievel’ coping with the fame?
November 2015
Get clean or die tryin': what happens when rappers try to go straight?
Jeezy is the latest rapper to turn over a new leaf but his sales have dwindled. Ben Westhoff asks: can hip-hop acts find redemption without ruining their careers?
October 2015
Young Thug: 'I like everything people say about me – you gay, you a punk, you can't rap, you're the hardest'
Atlanta’s Young Thug is the gender-fluid, surrealist rapper who’s being anointed as hip-hop’s next titan. Don’t know what to make of him? You’re not the only one
September 2015
Soundtrack of my life
Raury: soundtrack of my life
The young US rapper on the power of hard rock, Guitar Hero and making meaningful rhymes
August 2015
#SquadGoals is just the latest example of 'whitesplaining' black culture
Judnick Mayard
Trap kings: how the hip-hop sub-genre dominated the decade
