NWA
From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos
Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world
Alexis Petridis, Michael Cragg and Gabrielle Schwarz
28, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM
Furious, funny and potentially fatal: hip-hop’s 20 greatest diss tracks – ranked!
As Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more continue their high-profile beef, we run down the most inspired – and vicious – attacks in rap’s history
Alexis Petridis
25, Apr, 2024 @2:00 PM
‘It was freaking bananas!’: rap luminaries on the defining moments from 50 years of hip-hop
From Brooklyn block parties to globe-trotting glory, some of the biggest names in hip-hop share their personal highlights from five decades of rap, rebellion and raising the roof
As told to Thomas Hobbs
25, Aug, 2023 @6:00 AM
Post your questions for Ice Cube
Got something to ask the rap legend and acclaimed actor ahead of his UK tour? Send it our way and we’ll put it to him
Safi Bugel
08, Jun, 2023 @4:00 PM
Reverberate: the Guardian's new podcast on the soundtrack of history
Chris Michael on our new podcast series examining moments when music was the story behind the news, or became the focus for change
Chris Michael
01, Feb, 2021 @6:30 AM
Dr Dre's 20 best productions – ranked!
As the Grammys announces it will honour the producer at its 2020 ceremony, here’s a look at his journey from gangsta rap pioneer to Beats billionaire
Alexis Petridis
07, Nov, 2019 @3:07 PM
Live Aid to Sonic Death Monkey – the best gigs at the movies
As the Queen and Elton John biopics prove, great concert performances are at the heart of the best films about music. Here are 15 of the finest
Tom Fordy
29, May, 2019 @6:32 AM
The greatest banned songs of all time – ranked!
Thirty years on from 2 Live Crew being banned by the Beeb, we pick 20 foul-mouthed, orgiastic outings deemed too scandalous for public consumption
Laura Snapes
14, Feb, 2019 @1:02 PM
Straight Outta Compton is a classic album – but did it help or harm 'Hub City'?
NWA’s seminal album was released 30 years ago this month. We take a closer look at the complex Los Angeles County locale that inspired it
Melissa Franklin
09, Aug, 2018 @11:00 AM
Dr Dre loses trademark battle with gynaecologist Dr Drai
The rap mogul argued there would be confusion between his name and that of the Pennsylvania doctor, but the US trademark office disagrees
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
10, May, 2018 @12:33 PM
The Defiant Ones review – Dr Dre's American dream comes vividly to life
NWA, Snoop Dogg, Beats, yachts, clips from Goodfellas … every other music doc should throw in the towel because this one has got the lot
Sam Wollaston
24, Mar, 2018 @6:00 AM
The new NWA movie depicts Michel'le's abuse by Dr Dre – but is it true?
The Lifetime biopic Surviving Compton fills in the gaps left by the other NWA movie – and reveals that women in the rap stars’ orbit were callously abused
Ben Westhoff
17, Oct, 2016 @7:56 PM
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