As Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more continue their high-profile beef, we run down the most inspired – and vicious – attacks in rap’s history
February 2024
Taylor Swift, Usher, Justin Bieber and Jay-Z: celebrities at the Super Bowl – in pictures
Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, SZA and Billie Eilish lead female-dominated Grammys
October 2023
Ranked
The 20 greatest concert films – ranked!
As Taylor Swift’s Eras tour reaches cinemas, with Beyoncé’s Renaissance following soon, we pick the films that best converted the live experience to the screen
August 2023
Ranked
Jay-Z’s 20 best tracks – ranked!
Brooklyn’s limited-edition Jay-Z library cards spark surge in membership
June 2023
An ‘unbelievable deal’? The $200m mansion reportedly bought by Beyoncé and Jay Z
40,000 sq ft manor overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Malibu is thought to be California’s most expensive home ever
January 2023
Grammy awards 2023: who will win – and who should?
Will Adele’s Grammy dominion continue and Harry Styles steal more limelight? Or could Kendrick Lamar or Beyoncé finally take one of the headline prizes?
September 2022
The brutal economics of celebrity culture is turning children into marketing mannequins
Van Badham
The Kardashian children, and others, are working in adult spaces for the family business, whether the parents admit it or not
July 2022
Beyoncé returns with Renaissance: a play for the mainstream and a strike against perfectionism
The musician’s seventh album is seemingly shooting for cultural saturation while celebrating norm-defying musicians and workers
June 2022
Jay-Z’s bitcoin school met with skepticism in his former housing project: ‘I don’t have money to be losing’
The hip-hop mogul loves to rap about his roots in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects. But classes in cryptocurrency show the billionaire is out of touch, residents say
April 2022
Jay-Z and Beyoncé crossing a picket line to party shows how shallow celebrity activism really is
Emma Dabiri
The couple’s Oscars afterparty saw celebrities bypass Chateau Marmont workers who have complained of abhorrent conditions, says author Emma Dabiri
March 2022
‘Jay-Z needs to decide which side he’s on’: Chateau Marmont workers to picket star’s Oscars after-party
Ranked
Pharrell Williams’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!
February 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links Louise Bourgeois to Jay-Z’s comeback album?
As the artist gets a London retrospective, take a dive down the rabbit hole via Gwyneth Paltrow’s house and Kara Walker
December 2021
Virgil Abloh obituary
Artistic director at Vuitton whose own label, Off-White, challenged the fashion establishment
November 2021
Grammys 2022: Jon Batiste, HER and Justin Bieber lead nominations
Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X also among those with multiple nominations in top categories
October 2021
Alan Hawkshaw obituary
Composer who wrote the theme tunes for Channel 4 News and Grange Hill, and the music to accompany the Countdown clock
August 2021
Tiffany solicits help of Beyoncé and Jay-Z to draw younger buyers – will it backfire?
Sorry, Rihanna. I can’t celebrate billionaires – even if they are Black
