As Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more continue their high-profile beef, we run down the most inspired – and vicious – attacks in rap’s history
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
June 2023
The reader interview
Post your questions for Ice Cube
Got something to ask the rap legend and acclaimed actor ahead of his UK tour? Send it our way and we’ll put it to him
February 2021
Inside the Guardian
Reverberate: the Guardian's new podcast on the soundtrack to history
Chris Michael on our new podcast series examining moments when music was the story behind the news, or became the focus for change
November 2019
Ranked
Dr Dre's 20 best productions – ranked!
As the Grammys announces it will honour the producer at its 2020 ceremony, here’s a look at his journey from gangsta rap pioneer to Beats billionaire
May 2019
Live Aid to Sonic Death Monkey – the best gigs at the movies
As the Queen and Elton John biopics prove, great concert performances are at the heart of the best films about music. Here are 15 of the finest
February 2019
Ranked
The greatest banned songs of all time – ranked!
Thirty years on from 2 Live Crew being banned by the Beeb, we pick 20 foul-mouthed, orgiastic outings deemed too scandalous for public consumption
August 2018
Cities in the spotlight
Straight Outta Compton is a classic album – but did it help or harm 'Hub City'?
NWA’s seminal album was released 30 years ago this month. We take a closer look at the complex Los Angeles County locale that inspired it
May 2018
Dr Dre loses trademark battle with gynaecologist Dr Drai
The rap mogul argued there would be confusion between his name and that of the Pennsylvania doctor, but the US trademark office disagrees
March 2018
TV review
The Defiant Ones review – Dr Dre's American dream comes vividly to life
NWA, Snoop Dogg, Beats, yachts, clips from Goodfellas … every other music doc should throw in the towel because this one has got the lot
October 2016
The new NWA movie depicts Michel'le's abuse by Dr Dre – but is it true?
The Lifetime biopic Surviving Compton fills in the gaps left by the other NWA movie – and reveals that women in the rap stars’ orbit were callously abused
Dr Dre threatens to sue over new film depicting him beating his girlfriend
Rapper/producer moves against Sony film Surviving Compton, saying there is no evidence to support allegations he beat ex-girlfriend, R&B singer Michel’le
Louder than a bomb: 40 years of hip-hop photography – in pictures
A new photography book, Hip-Hop Raised Me, chronicles the rise of rap as it spilled from the US to the world – featuring the likes of Eminem, Notorious BIG and Lauryn Hill
September 2016
Backstabbing, Moogs and the funky worm: how gangsta rap was born
In an edited excerpt from his book Original Gangsta, Ben Westhoff recalls how one of music’s most controversial genres began and who truly invented it
Jerry Heller obituary
Music manager who launched NWA and set up Ruthless Records with Eazy-E
Jerry Heller, former NWA manager, dies aged 75
Heller co-founded Ruthless Records and helped launched West Coast gangsta rap movement, working with artists from JJ Fad to Elton John
April 2016
Gene Simmons says NWA in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is like Led Zep in Rap Hall of Fame
NWA admitted to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at ceremony marred by bad blood
March 2016
The Guardian's Film Weekly
Bubbles forming, as Divergent's washed out – the Dailies film podcast
The Guardian film team’s round-up of Monday’s news and reviews
February 2016
Kendrick Lamar to induct NWA into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Compton rapper will honour his local heroes and Kid Rock will induct Cheap Trick at the April event in Brooklyn
