Drake's Arabic lyrics translated have fans thinking he's talking about Rihanna. Picture: PA/Instagram/YouTube Drake released his new song ‘Only You Freestyle’ with Headie One, where he gave a shout ...

The Canadian rapper Drake has caused a storm on Twitter after he used Arabic lyrics in his latest “Only You Freestyle” with British rapper Headie One. Drake, real name Aubrey Drake Graham, is one of ...

Clarkson enlisted the talents of Moroccan-Canadian singer Faouzia for the Arabic version. US singer Kelly Clarkson dropped her new single “I Dare You” this weekend, along with duets of the song ...

No nation has a richer history of prosecuting hip hop than the genre's birth country does. From our perch in the U.S., the birthplace of hip hop and home of the First Amendment, the travails of ...

“If you look back on the 20th century, you’ll see that each artist made his own imprint in music, whether in muwashahat or qasaid, or by introducing new techniques altogether. Together, these ...

Late one Thursday night, the hippest cafe-bar in the village of Majdal Shams pulses with strobe lights. The dance floor is packed. Beloved hometown band Hawa Dafi — Arabic for "warm breeze" — is ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the height of Coldplay’s headline set at Glastonbury this year, they were joined on stage by a radiant ...