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Anybody who has not heard of Kayne’s Yeezy Boost sneakers, must be living, horror of horrors, without an internet connection. Not only are they alleged to have sold out within the first minute of release, but they continue to be unavailable on Adidas online stores worldwide, whilst counterfeit versions...

Who? CADET! CADET! This South London rapper has been rapping for years but it seems that in the last few years he has began to receive recognition for his hard work. The rise of Cadet started from the release of his warm up on SBTV early last year. Cadet’s...

Anderson .Paak is a California native who embodies soul. He graced Dr Dre’s Compton LP with his soulful vocals, passionate riffs and exceptional lyricism on 8 of the 12 tracks on the Dre project. On the back of the ensuing hype, Anderson has been able to deliver a critically...

16 Years?! 16 Years Dre?! What have you been doing?! Oh yeah: becoming the richest black musician in the world, mentoring the world’s most famous rapper Eminem, the world’s best Kendrick Lamar, and the world’s most broke; 50 Cent – jumping on the Apple Music rocket ship before it...

Lil Wayne’s latest project, released exclusively on TIDAL, was designed to placate Weezy fans in the prolonged absence of the fifth instalment of his series, Tha Carter V. The question is though, has the whole kerfuffle regarding his Cash Money lawsuits affected Weezy’s artistry for the worse? In no...

Vince Staples came from nowhere; or, as is often the case with those to whom that by-line is applied, he seemed to come from nowhere. But as was the case with Californian fellow Kendrick Lamar, he’s just finally getting his due attention. Vince is an impressive voice for the...

Like his surprisingly gaudy rainbow tie-dye t-shirt declares, Example is ‘not a salad’. He knows how to work a crowd with a carefully designed setlist that phases from hit to hit, with the odd throwback before saving the best for last – ‘Kickstarts’ and ‘Changed The Way You Kissed...