When Rachel Diack attended her first label meeting, she stood before 20 executives, plugged in her laptop and gave a 10-slide PowerPoint outlining her creative vision. “I told them, ‘I wanna go on ...

A new discourse has hit the timeline. Last week, Skepta took to Twitter to share some thoughts on the UK scene, specifically the rap scene. In a series of posts, he called the scene “ sad ” and the ...

Artists like Little Simz, Dave, and Knucks pushed creative boundaries with bold production and personal storytelling. The 2025 U.K. rap scene featured a mix of underground voices and mainstream ...

The UK rap scene may be more fractured than it’s been for a while, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing: what it lacks in unity, it makes up for in diversity. Drill and road rap aren’t quite as ...

Skepta challenged American rappers to a battle to settle the UK vs. US Hip-Hop rivalry and laid out a full lineup of potential clashes. Skepta threw down the gauntlet on Thursday (July 3) with a ...

Britain’s female rappers face a success and acclaim disparity compared to male rappers. Three British female rappers — Cristale, Ms Banks, and Enny — spoke out about the difficulties of finding ...

When it comes to the Black British music scene, there is so much talent to be discovered. From R&B to House to Garage to Rap, Black British artists have found many ways to express themselves and ...

For the past month or so, our cousins in North America have been in rap war season, with two of hip-hop’s biggest names—Drake and Kendrick—tearing some serious chunks out of each other. This got us ...