“Shaybo, ya dun know”: the name might be new to casual listeners, but to early followers of UK road rap, Shaybo is no newcomer. There’s...
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Inpsired by his 1994 single, 'Gin & Juice'
Snoop Dogg has launched his own brand of gin, ‘INDOGGO'.
The legendary West Coast rapper — known for his love of gin and juice, recent...
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"This one’s going to be special. You’ll see."
Details have been revealed about a new drama series focusing on UK rap, grime and drill.
Set to broadcast in 200 countries and territories via...
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Meet the MC is DJ Mag's interview series, getting to know emerging MCs on the electronic music scene. This month, Felicity Martin catches up with...
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From the underground mixtape beatmakers, to those crossing over into the rap mainstream and drill scenes at home and abroad, Colin Gannon asks — who...
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As part of our end of year and end of decade coverage, we've written about our favourite albums, tracks and compilations. Here, DJ Mag staff...
Counting down the 2010s, we round-up the albums that defined the decade in electronic music
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The likes of "bandoe", "connect" and "whipping" are off-limits for five years...
Rico Racks has been banned from using certain words in his music.
Eight months on from YouTube removing over 100 drill videos from its site...
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Cardiff, Nottingham, Leeds, and Liverpool have been added
British rapper Kano has added more dates to his 'Hoodies All Summer' tour.
The London-born MC, born Kane Robinson, has added dates in Cardiff, Nottingham...
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The incident occured in June
A$AP Rocky has been found guilty of assault by a Swedish court for his part in a fight that took place in Stockholm earlier this...
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Cheese exposed to rap gives it "a discernibly stronger smell and stronger, fruitier taste"...
Hip-hop helps maturing cheese taste richer, a study has found.
A Swiss experiment delightfully called Cheese in Surround Sound has found exposing cheese to music...
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‘Grey Area’ is the most raw and direct record yet from Little Simz. DJ Mag talks to the MC and visionary about being in the...
As listeners to the best music in 2019, we’ve become used to the fact that the stuff we dig probably won’t find its way into...
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30 drill videos were removed from YouTube back in May...
The conflict between producers, rappers and promoters of UK drill and legal authorities continues as numerous videos that were removed from YouTube in May have...
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The 20 year-old rapper was fatally shot yesterday (18th June)...
Following the fatal shooting of controversial rapper XXXTentation yesterday (18th June) Diplo has revealed that the 20 year-old had wanted to work with him and...
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Almost 600 pages full of anecdotes, rare photos, original illustrations, more...
The Beastie Boys, the pioneering, Grammy-winning American hip-hop group, are releasing a new book this fall that is set to tell their story in their...
We're digging the psychedelic hip-hop and dub funk vibes of Mauritian-English Mo Kolours...
“I think with electronic music and modern day ideas about mastering and all these processes, people want to get rid of the background noise and...
Commercial dance and rap don't fit
EDM doesn't need rappers legitimising its stadium-sized stasis and banality
Lost original album sees the light of day
Great news for J Dilla fans, the estate of the late James Yancy have announced a new unreleased LP titled 'The Diary'. Many Dilla fans belive this is the 'lost' album which was meant to be released way back in the early 2000s on MCA.
Blue Daisy teams up with Hey!Zeus to form Dahlia Black
Blue Daisy has teamed up with rapper Hey!Zeus - who featured on his 2011 LP - to form rap duo Dahlia Black to inject something "nu" into the UK hip hop scene with debut single 'Fuck A Rap Song'.