Rap

Rappers and heritage rock bands are battling for the UK Number One, and it’s the acts with vinyl-loving fans who are winning.

Six-foot-five and 198 pounds, 28-year-old boxer Lawrence “The Sauce” Okolie is not only on the cusp of becoming Hackney’s homegrown boxing champion – he’s throwing his hat into the ring of rap, too.

The rapper’s arrest has provoked civil unrest across the country.

The 22-year-old is gathering millions of streams with every track he drops.

A community of artists in the city of Kumasi have put their own spin on the hard-hitting rap sound, winning praise from Stormzy and Virgil Abloh.

Headie One’s close collaborator talks Twitter, artistic confidence and dinner in The Shard.