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Public rows almost eclipsed her music, but with her debut album finally out, Azealia Banks is happy, she tells Paul Lester. Although she’d still like to punch the small guy in Disclosure
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He had the biggest album of the noughties and has dabbled in musicals, movies and mentoring. But could the R&B star be at a career crossroads? ‘Music is being used as free goods,’ he tells us, before announcing that his next single will be free with Cheerios
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RR regular saneshane’s sorts through last week’s suggestions for an impassioned selection of songs about anti-war and peace
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War Cry, by the rapper turned activist, references Missouri governor Jay Nixon and other authority figures in song about Ferguson protests
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Thelma Plum is Australia’s answer to Lorde, Ani DiFranco gets happy, and Jack Ladder sings for all the goth lovers
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Rapper says she would never condone Nazism, but clip’s director refuses to apologise for film that is ‘not a sappy tearjerker’
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Hip-hop, don’t stop - it’s good for your mental health