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<p>A new documentary delves into the unsolved murders of two of the greatest rappers of all time </p>

Rap beefs and dirty cops: who really killed Tupac and Biggie?

The drive-by murders of rappers Biggie and Tupac have gone unsolved for over 20 years, but a new documentary uncovers further evidence. Kevin E G Perry talks to filmmakers Nick Broomfield and Pam Brooks about their incendiary film, Last Man Standing

Laura Mvula: ‘Black female artists are the bottom of the food chain’

The 20 greatest songs by The Doors

Gaspard Augé: ‘Everyone is self conscious about maintaining an image’

Interviews

Kings of Convenience: ‘We could write a book about couples therapy’

Sheryl Crow: ‘We’ve come a long way since the harassment I endured’

Danny Elfman: ‘This is an America Orwell would have written about’

Liz Phair: ‘I feel like I’m the youngest of the old people’

On Trend

Does 2000s acoustic indie deserve another chance?

You gotta be bold: In celebration of UK soul

Let’s talk about sax, baby: How the instrument found its grove again

Why amapiano will be the sound of summer

Why the ‘indie’ artists you love are not as DIY as you think

Why Kings of Leon think NFTs are the future of the music industry

Album reviews

Boy from Michigan shows John Grant on his most romantic, melodic form

Tyler, the Creator’s new album is the apotheosis of his past works

Album reviews: Lucy Dacus and Hiss Golden Messenger

Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bad Habits’ is a flat return from pop’s most boring man

Album reviews: Kings of Convenience and BERWYN

Sleater-Kinney channel fury in squalling fretwork on Path to Wellness

Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’ is a sun-splashed and of-the-moment return

Album reviews: Garbage – No Gods No Masters, and Maroon 5 – Jordi

Retrospectives

Why it’s time to rehabilitate REM’s Shiny Happy People

10 years ago, Katy B’s On a Mission bridged club culture and pop

Celebratory, emotive, relentlessly cheesy: Daft Punk’s Discovery at 20

‘It’s the Sgt Pepper’s of hip-hop’: 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me at 25

On the Record

Lorde’s Melodrama captures the second adolescence of being queer

Dan Smith on Lauryn Hill’s beautiful, complicated ‘Miseducation’

Tim Burgess on the brilliant Dexys Midnight Runners album, Too-Rye-Ay

How 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields helped me through heartbreak

News

The Countdown

Bob Dylan’s 20 greatest albums

The 15 greatest guitar riffs, from Back in Black to Johnny B Goode

Paul McCartney’s 20 best post-Beatles songs

Live music

Biden’s inauguration was a safe, soothing tribute to anti-fascism

A Bowie Celebration captured the Starman’s chameleonic spirit

Now Hear This

Music Box sessions

Singer Robert Vincent concludes Music Box series six

Marika Hackman gives a broody performance for her Music Box session

Music Box sessions – Irish pop-rock band Picture This