New talent and established icons made this year’s edition of the twin festivals one to remember. Here are NME’s best bits ...

M.E.B. (Miles Electric Band) is an avant-garde collective whose mission is to reinterpret and evolve the electric, ...

WOMAD Cape Town returns with the Artscape hosting the New Generations concert and the United 4 Humanity Peace Concert on ...

For every budding young performer, the call to the twinkling lights of the stage is loud — and for those talented and hard ...

Several hip-hop artists have shown support for Lil Durk during his murder-for-hire trial this week, both inside and outside ...

It’s been seven years since the Hip-Hop world lost one of its brightest stars in Nipsey Hussle, and though he’s no longer ...

The desire for financial wealth is something many people can relate to. Hip-hop is now 53-years-old. Since the beginning of hip-hop culture, rap artists’ lyrics have always touched on making something ...

Hip-hop is back on top in 2026. Late last year, Billboard reported that hip-hop's market share dropped from 30 percent in 2020 to 24 percent in 2025, which sparked debates among fans and critics about ...

Malcolm Greenidge, who was friends with Tupac Shakur, testified on the seventh day of the trial. Duane "Keffe D" Davis has ...

Ybor City’s grassroots hip-hop showcase Rap House returns today with Caribbean singer-songwriter Beanie headlining a free ...

Time to kill some sacred cows... Euronews Culture throws caution to the wind and reappraises the albums which are too often and perhaps wrongly elevated to 'masterpiece' status.

South African artists HLE and Kabza De Small emerged as the biggest winners at the 32nd South African Music Awards (SAMA32), each taking home three awards at Sun City Arena in the North West on 15 ...