The iconic 90s hip-hop artist was known for his pained intensity. But Dear Mama, a tribute to his mother Afeni, showed off ...

Now she has forged an unlikely alliance with some of America's most controversial gangsta rappers. The former Spice Girl has teamed up with artists associated with drugs and violence as she tries ...

Queen star, Sir Brian May, has admitted he refused to let a famous rapper sample one of his band's iconic tracks because 'it ...

Queen banned "gangster rap" artists from sampling their back catalogue amid fears it would "promote violence or abuse". Sir Brian May says the British rock band took a stance to say no to certain ...

Brian May shares Queen’s liberal stance on the use of their music, except when it came to gangsta rap that promoted violence ...

“We have stopped them being used to promote violence or abuse, during the heyday of gangster rap when someone wanted to sample it in a song, we thought was abusive to women,” he said.

Welcome to Listening Habits, a column where I share the music I’ve been fixated on recently. We are currently in a moment of 2000s nostalgia. I suppose it was inevitable. After spending 20 years stuck ...

"Dear Mama proved that even the biggest gangsta rapper in America with Thug Life tattooed on his chest could still be super vulnerable," says Arnold, who believes the fact Tupac's vocals sound on ...