As Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more continue their high-profile beef, we run down the most inspired – and vicious – attacks in rap’s history
September 2023
‘You all look really good wet!’: big stars play rain-soaked Global Citizen festival
Anitta, Lauryn Hill and Charlize Theron were some of the A-listers welcoming a Central Park crowd for the philanthropically minded music event
August 2023
‘It was freaking bananas!’: rap luminaries on the defining moments from 50 years of hip-hop
From Brooklyn block parties to globe-trotting glory, some of the biggest names in hip-hop share their personal highlights from five decades of rap, rebellion and raising the roof
Lauryn Hill announces 25th anniversary tour for solo album
The singer will celebrate The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with a global 17-date tour that will also include Fugees members in the US and Canada
Hip-hop gave us Public Enemy, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar: after 50 years, this music demands proper respect
Nels Abbey
The movement born in 1973 is now global, an instrument for learning and a weapon for protest, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey
January 2022
Fugees cancel reunion tour due to Covid concerns
Tour in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the acclaimed album The Score would’ve been the group’s first in 15 years
September 2021
Fugees return to New York for their first gig in 15 years … after a three-hour wait
Fugees announce reunion world tour, 25 years after The Score
October 2020
Teenage kicks
Emeli Sandé’s teenage obsessions: ‘I spent hours in the Yahoo karaoke chatroom’
The Scottish singer recalls obsessing over Titanic, channelling Mariah Carey and learning to beatbox
July 2019
Blackpool's Livewire festival cancelled due to 'investor issues'
Organisers apologise to ticket-holders for event Lauryn Hill was to headline in August
June 2019
Glastonbury 2019: Friday with Stormzy, George Ezra and Sheryl Crow – as it happened
Lauryn Hill at Glastonbury 2019 review – late and breathless but ultimately uplifting
March 2019
Glastonbury 2019: Killers and the Cure announced as final headliners
US rockers and goth indie heroes take main-stage honours alongside Stormzy, while Janet Jackson confirms first UK show in years
February 2019
Lauryn Hill disappoints on Australian tour: 'She should have cancelled her show'
Clearly unwell, the groundbreaking artist arrived more than an hour late to an anticipated Sydney show many are demanding refunds for
December 2018
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Lauryn Hill review – a difficult re-education
Once the soul voice of a generation, Lauryn Hill has long had a reputation for being a difficult star. But could she do justice to her landmark album?
November 2018
Lauryn Hill review – Miseducation reconfigured with curfew-busting floss
Two chequered decades since her era-defining album, the queen of neo-soul’s uncompromising performance ends on an unexpected note
August 2018
Lauryn Hill confronts claims of 'stealing' music and mistreating musicians
Autumn arts preview 2018
Big noise: the essential pop, jazz and folk music of autumn 2018
July 2018
The rise of Tierra Whack: 'One day I’ll make a rap song, the next a pop song'
The musician, who’s been drawing praise from Solange Knowles and Flying Lotus, talks about refusing to be hemmed in by definitions
