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NME Blogs

Get to know TiaCorine, the North Carolina rapper (maybe) co-signed by Drake

Who is the emerging rap star?

Kyann-Sian Williams - 27th July 2020

Music Interviews

Fivio Foreign on the late Pop Smoke: “I learned everything from him”

The New York drill rapper talks quarantine, censorship and his deeply personal new EP '800 BC'

Kyann-Sian Williams - 24th April 2020

NME Blogs

From Pop Smoke to Fivio Foreign: the best New York drill songs

The traditionally British rap sub-genre is gaining traction in the Big Apple. Here are some of our favourite tracks

Kyann-Sian Williams - 31st March 2020

NME Blogs

Quarantine bars: seven of the hardest freestyles on your social timelines right now

These rappers are making the best of this crappy situation

Kyann-Sian Williams - 27th March 2020

NME Blogs

How Travis Scott-endorsed rapper and singer Don Toliver became one of 2020’s most exciting artists

Here's everything you need to know about the rising Texan star

Kyann-Sian Williams - 24th March 2020

Features

Move over, Chicago: how the UK made drill its own – and then sold it back to the world

Thanks to British stars such as 67 and Skengdo X AM, the uncompromising rap sub-genre is bigger than ever

Kyann-Sian Williams - 25th February 2020

Music Interviews

Drill’s first openly gay rapper Mr Strange talks toxic masculinity, adversity and awareness: “I don’t conform and I’m doing just fine”

The first drill artist to talk about being gay alongside his trapping lifestyle, West London MC Mr Strange brings something totally new to the...

Kyann-Sian Williams - 17th January 2020

Features

Top Boy’s Ashley Walters revives rap career under So Solid Crew name Asher D: ‘I still have something to give’

These days Ashley Walters is best known as the star of Drake's fave TV show Top Boy, but this wasn't his first claim to...

Kyann-Sian Williams - 7th January 2020

Music Interviews

Hip-hop collective House Of Pharaohs talk 2020 surprises: ‘It’s all one big adventure’

House of Pharaohs are the six-piece South London collective you need to know about. They've got friends like star producer Nyge on speed...

Kyann-Sian Williams - 7th January 2020

Features

Juice WRLD, 1998-2019 – the NME obituary

The Chicago rapper has died from a seizure at the age of 21

Jordan Bassett - 8th December 2019