Readers recommend playlist: songs about tattoos and piercing
A reader picks from your body modifying suggestions, with Talking Heads, Radiohead and Wiz Khalifa all among those branded onto the list
July 2017
Pass notes
Move over, Psy: why Wiz Khalifa is the new king of YouTube
The rapper’s tear-jerking power ballad See You Again has overtaken Gangnam Style with 2.9bn views. What makes the song so popular?
February 2017
Thundercat: Drunk review – mesmeric and funk-fuelled
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October 2016
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
Bestival review – the Cure go back to the future for festival season finale
This year’s theme may be the future, but Robert Smith goes on a nostalgic tour of the Cure’s greatest hits, while Wolf Alice let out a howl and Kano brings on a Bond-like brass section
August 2016
Several hurt as railing collapses at Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa gig
Partition separating fans from stage at New Jersey performance gives way sending dozens falling on to concrete below
Dozens injured as railing collapses at Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert – video
A railing holding back spectators collapses at a concert featuring Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa on Friday night in Camden, New Jersey
This week's new tracks
Mabel’s Thinking Of You: the best of this week’s music
The south Londoner delivers the song of the summer, showing off her musical cridentials and the influence of her famous parents
January 2016
What we learned this week
What we learned this week: Rihanna's accidentally on purpose album release and BoB's conspiracy
Review anything
Camden Town, sleep, the spoon, Wiz Khalifa's trousers – we review anything
Kanye West now knows what I've learned: Twitter fights lack winners
Sara Benincasa
'I am your OG and I will be respected': Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa face off
December 2015
Shoppers panic as hoverboard explodes at Washington mall kiosk
No one was harmed but many shoppers scrambled after popular gadget caught on fire at the Outlet Collection mall – ‘and not just a little fire’ a shopper said
November 2015
Amber Rose interview: Even when I was a virgin, I was called a slut
The 32-year-old American model, actress and entrepreneur discusses feminism, the unfairness of being defined by relationships and her activism
October 2015
A$AP Rocky and Wiz Khalifa review – growling god among men and laid-back lothario
O2 Arena, London Khalifa is slickly showbiz, while Rocky delivers a preposterous and electrically thrilling performance. Shame about the lyrics, though
September 2015
Autumn arts preview 2015
Rock and pop: the biggest albums and tours of autumn 2015
Adele’s back with a follow-up to the biggest-selling album of the 21st century, and it’s the last days of One Direction – while A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa and Giorgio Moroder (in DJ mode) hit the road
August 2015
They see me floatin', they hatin': why do rap stars love 'hoverboards' so much?
Rapper Wiz Khalifa forced to ground by officers in reported hoverboard incident
May 2015
See You Again made Wiz Khalifa a superstar – but has he sold out?
The tribute to Paul Walker from the Fast & Furious 7 soundtrack is the biggest rap record of the past two years – but that doesn’t mean it’s any good
April 2015
Wiz Khalifa's Fast & Furious 7 single breaks streaming record in UK charts
The No 1 track breaks the UK’s all-time streaming record, outdoing its own record-breaking total
