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With his debut album Process just around the corner, Sampha is about to break through as the full fledged star that the world has known he is for some time.

Last night, the 2016 Red Bull Culture Clash went down in London, and it saw four exciting crews, each armed with its own soundsystem, competing to see who could shut down the O2 Arena most resoundingly.

Everybody who's familiar with Desiigner knows that he's accused of being a Future imitator. Last month, the copycat claims were extended to the producer of "Panda," Desiigner's one and only release.

In the spoken word interlude that follows Konnichiwa's third track, "Corn On The Curb," North London MC Chip attempts to cheer up a tired and confused-sounding Skepta, at one point saying, "We ain't seen nothing like this happen before.

Released at the beginning of last month, Drake's "One Dance" has reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its third week on the chart.

Born in Britain and raised in Brooklyn, Slick Rick, real name Ricky Walters -- one of the forefathers of hip-hop -- has finally been granted U.S. citizenship.

Last year, Kendrick Lamar added his Compton stamp upon Reebok's classic British tennis shoe, making a sneaker that can be worn by both Bloods and Crips in an effort to mitigate the gang violence that plagues his hometown.

Danny Brown and producer Skywlkr, who appeared frequently on XXX and Old, are back today with a remix to a song by the elusive British experimental producer known as Actress.

The Section Boyz, arguably the hottest group in UK rap, continue their ascendancy toward world domination with a new collaboration with DJ Carnage titled "BIMMA." After getting many spins on OVO Sound Radio with tracks like "Lock Arff," "BIMMA" is just what th

UPDATE: It has been revealed that DJ Maximum, Skepta's offical DJ, will be tonight's special guest. He's just taken the decks now. Tune in here. 

Soon after leading Rita Ora's highly revealing cover shoot for Lui magazine, fashion photographer Terry Richardson has now taken on a male subject, The Weeknd, for what looks to be an in-depth profile piece for British GQ. 

A week before Christmas, Chris Brown dropped his seventh studio album, Royalty. The original album contains 14 tracks and the deluxe edition includes 5 more, including a collab with Future ("U Did It").

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You may recall last year we found out that Eminem was reportedly banned from performing at the British Summer Time's Hyde Park event, because of his "offensive" lyrical content. He ended up performing at Wembley, making it the first time a

In August, the United Kingdom banned Tyler, the Creator from entering their borders for 3-5 years because his music “encourage violence and intolerance of homosexuality” and “foster hatred with views thats seek to provoke other

Some of the GOAT freestyles of all time have been spat in the booth of famed London DJ Tim Westwood.

Tyler The Creator recently made headlines because he was banned from going to Australia and the UK, due to his controversial lyrics. Apparently lyrics from tracks like "VCR," "Blow," "Sarah," "Tron Cat" and "French" have been ruled so obscene, t

News that Tyler, The Creator had been banned from entering the UK broke last week, and while some information was provided by both Tyler and his manager at the time (he's banned for 3 to 5 years, it was over lyrics from Bastard and Goblin), there wer

Tyler, The Creator is set to perform at quite a few festivals in Europe this summer, but he won't be able to attend following a letter from the secretary of state that states he can not enter the UK for at least 3 years.Tyler delivered the bad news to fans via

Featuring appearances from Rick Ross, YG, Wiz Khalifa and Jeremih, Krept & Konan's recently-released debut album isn't exactly what you'd expect from a pair of UK rappers. The Long Way Home has proven huge for the duo, breaking sales records

It's 2015 and grime is buzzing. One of the genres leading MCs, Skepta, is releasing fire new tracks every other week, and popping up everywhere from New York City's MoMA PS1 party to Drake's OVOFest.

The UK is becoming a hotbed for rap talent. Atlanta's still got the spotlight, as does Toronto, but overseas seems to be next up.

After a performance on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Chris Brown participated in a raucous, possibly drunken backstage interview with Tim Westwood.

Suicideyear is a producer from Baton Rogue who's built up a pretty awesome resumé working with Rome Fortune, Denzel Curry, Yung Lean and more, but also has a successful career making instrumental solo material.

In two days time, UK fans of the veteran singer were expecting her to perform at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire. Ms.

The UK's recent Wireless Festival saw quite a few big names in rap grace the stage, including Drake, ASAP Rocky, Nicki Minaj (two hours late), Rae Sremmurd and more.

Just under a month ago, London MC Little Simz dropped her EP AGE 101: DROP 4, and already, she's back with more new music.

Last week, Skepta shared a fun remix of his big track "Shutdown" that featured actor Idris Elba, but today, he's got something much weightier for us.