Rapper and music producer Dr Dre is launching a pop up shop in Shoreditch to sell his range of headphones, featuring designs from various celebrities.... more
British music producers are in demand by America's rap pack, and top of their most wanted list is Londoner Alex Da Kid, whose satisfied customers include Eminem, Rihanna - and U2's Bono... more
Fresh from a continuing string of road-blocked nights at Jazz Café Camden, hyped 90's hip-hop and rnb night, Supa Dupa Fly has launched a second monthly event in Brixton... more
For the first time in 25 years, three Brit acts top the US album charts. Joining Adele and Mumford & Sons is Marsha Ambrosius - you may think you don't know her but you do ...... more
It could be the ultimate real-life game for Londoners, pitting Tube users against Boris bikers in a battle to become the capital’s top commuter... more
A new ‘eBay for artists’ will let members of the public compete for contracts to photograph Naomi Campbell, design ski goggles for the 2010 Winter Games and remix a Boy George track... more
There's a pleasing irony in Eminem emerging from his Detroit stockade with a No 1 album, Relapse, the same week that the US's biggest motor manufacturer collapses. What's bad for GM is good for rap... more
Electropop sextet CSS play their biggest London show, there's an impressive line-up for Xfm's Winter Wonderland and Morrissey continues his resurgence at Wembley.... more
Take That are back with polite, mature pop, Jay-Z delivers his eighth studio album and a double-disc retrospective marks the 10th anniversary of Ronnie Scott's death.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports