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Lil Yachty

June 2024

  • James Blake, left, and Lil Yachty.

    Lil Yachty and James Blake: Bad Cameo review – a swing and a miss from the shapeshifting duo

    The rapper and singer are both unafraid to confound fans by taking stylistic chances, but here their soulful ambition doesn’t quite gel

December 2023

  • ‘Scrappy but opulent’ … Nourished by Time, Jane Remover and Pupil Slicer

    2023 in Culture
    The five-star albums we missed in 2023 – from Jane Remover to Jalen Ngonda

    Albums highly rated, but not reviewed, by our writers this year include debuts from Sanam, Priya Ragu and Current Affairs – and Lil Yachty’s genre-hopping return

May 2021

  • Lil Yachty (Miles Parks McCollum) a.k.a. Lil Boat. London. Photograph by David Levene 26/7/14

    Color me confused: Lil Yachty’s nail paints are doing a lot of mental gymnastics

    The rapper said his new line is all about ‘breaking down the barriers’ but taking something traditionally feminine and giving it a new name is very silly

March 2020

  • Thom Browne show, Front Row, Spring Summer 2020, Paris Fashion Week, France - 29 Sep 2019<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (10429940at) Cardi B in the front row Thom Browne show, Front Row, Spring Summer 2020, Paris Fashion Week, France - 29 Sep 2019

    Shaved eyebrows and isolation nudes: how rappers are surviving quarantine

    Cardi B is pitching socialism and coronavirus misinformation as Lil Yachty messes with fans and Snoop Dogg makes a PSA

April 2018

  • The Lemon Twigs

    This week's new tracks
    This week’s tracks reviewed: the Lemon Twigs, Sam Smith and Lil Yachty

    Featuring precocious mulleted New Yorkers, Chilean-Norwegian indie pop and a teen tearaway who went viral

March 2018

  • Determined to prove a point ... Lil Yachty.

    Lil Yachty: Lil Boat 2 review – hip-hop's misunderstood upstart gets prickly

    In trading his sunlit humour for tedious boasts, the rap star has only succeeded in giving more ammunition to his many critics

August 2017

  • Macklemore

    This week's new tracks
    Macklemore & Lil Yachty’s Marmalade: swallow your pride – this is actually good

    Also this week: Kesha fails to address the real problems of modern life and Jessie J is oh-so-very loud indeed

May 2017

  • Lil Yachty, AKA Miles Parks McCollum.

    Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Lil Yachty: Teenage Emotions review – trap’s new disruptive force

    The Atlanta teen’s very modern take on hip-hop is buoyant and direct. Shame about the misogyny
  • Lil Yachty

    Lil Yachty: Teenage Emotions review – idiotic, startling and brilliant outsider rap

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  • F&amp;M FIRST USE!!! COVER SHOOT. PLEASE LEAVE. Lil Yachty (Miles Parks McCollum) a.k.a. Lil Boat. London. Photograph by David Levene 26/7/14

    Lil Yachty: ‘Older hip-hop people don't understand evolution – or don't want it’

    Atlanta’s 19-year-old Lil Yachty is at the vanguard of a new wave of anything-goes rap – and he’s broken all the rules to get there. He talks about pickpocketing social media, creating a cartoon character and his love of Coldplay

April 2017

  • Takeoff, Offset and Quavo of Migos at the Brixton Academy.

    Migos and Lil Yachty review – synths, swagger and strangeness from trap's new stars

    Lil Yachty and a twerking Stefflon Don support this sellout gig from the bad, brilliant Migos trio

November 2016

  • Smile when you’re winning: Lil Yachty, DRAM and Chance the rapper

    From Lil Yachty to DRAM, 2016's best hip-hop is all about black joy

  • Abra, musician from Atlanta with Awful Records. London

    The future 50: the rising music stars to look out for

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