Dizzee Rascal

Ghetts: Conflict of Interest review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

Big-label backing and unusual, beautiful arrangements should finally propel Ghetts, long a critic’s favourite, into the big time

Alexis Petridis

11, Feb, 2021 @1:32 PM

Runners and writers: who got what in the birthday honours list

Names from across the arts, sport, politics and science are among those recognised

Caroline Davies and Simon Murphy

09, Oct, 2020 @9:30 PM

J Hus, Stefflon Don and Dizzee Rascal: Rated awards celebrate black British music

J Hus won album of the year for Big Conspiracy while Dizzee Rascal took the legacy prize at the fifth annual GRM Daily awards

Laura Snapes

09, Sep, 2020 @7:15 PM

Ready, steady... oh: Olympics, Glastonbury and Euro 2020 stars on the summer we’ve lost

From the medallist to the festival star, what happens when your best-laid summer plans come undone? Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Harry Kane, Mabel and others share their might-have-beens

Joe Stone, Zoe Williams and Sam Wolfson

27, Jun, 2020 @8:00 AM

Adele, Keith Flint, Gil Scott-Heron and me: Richard Russell, the XL records Midas

He nurtured the Prodigy, signed the White Stripes – and launched Tottenham’s mega-selling superstar. And it all started with a novelty rave tune about a bouncer

Alexis Petridis

25, Mar, 2020 @1:00 PM

The 100 best albums of the 21st century

We polled 45 music writers to rank the definitive LPs of the 21st century so far. Read our countdown of passionate pop, electrifying rock and anthemic rap – and see if you agree

Ben Beaumont-Thomas (1-50); Laura Snapes and April Curtin (51-100)

13, Sep, 2019 @8:00 AM

The best (and worst) songs of the summer, from Rihanna to Las Ketchup

Every year has its anthem, be it Drake, Calvin Harris or Beyoncé, but which one is the best of the millennium so far?

Michael Cragg, Joel Golby, Issy Sampson and Sam Wolfson

15, Jun, 2019 @5:59 AM

Grime once again dominates Ivor Novello awards nominations

Politically charged work well represented but female songwriters miss out

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

24, Apr, 2019 @1:22 PM

Experience: I was a stadium-filling pop star for one night

It had started out as an ordinary week, and now I was about to open for Muse, Dizzee Rascal and Biffy Clyro

Polly Money

12, Apr, 2019 @9:00 AM

Poet in da Corner review – thrilling grime musical leaves you Dizzee

Debris Stevenson tells how grime became her salvation in a show that explores race, representation and authenticity

Arifa Akbar

26, Sep, 2018 @3:55 PM

D Double E, grime's nearly man: 'I haven’t been able to prove myself'

Skepta hailed him the ‘greatest grime MC of all time’ but Darren Dixon has struggled to break into the mainstream – can his solo debut album change that?

Dan Hancox

10, Sep, 2018 @9:27 AM

Every Mercury prize-winning album – ranked!

Following the announcement of this year’s nominees, we run the rule over the 26 albums that have earned the crown, from Klaxons and James Blake to M People and Talvin Singh

Dave Simpson

26, Jul, 2018 @10:45 AM