Wireless festival review – Drake’s disjointed three-night headline run smacks of desperation

An all-star lineup of supporting turns – including, astonishingly, Lauryn Hill – show up to bolster the beleaguered megastar, but this is a very scrappy affair

Clipse: Let God Sort Em Out review – reunited rap greats deliver one of the albums of the year

Scathing disses, star guests, inspired Pharrell beats and great lines from chilling to laugh-out-loud: the duo’s first album since 2009 is so much more than the drama around it

Kendrick Lamar & SZA review – a pyrotechnic party of dark and light

He’s icy, she’s all sunshine – but the rapper and R&B star’s talents prove perfectly complementary in a historic two-hander

Little Simz & Chineke! Orchestra review – rap-classical crossover is spectacularly realised

Closing out a Simz-curated Meltdown festival, and with a host of star guests helping out, these songs gain extra nuance as orchestra and star meld perfectly together

Loyle Carner: Hopefully! review – rap sweetheart faces family, fear and the feels

The Londoner’s trademark sentimental sweetness is balanced by a new unaffected singing style – his fourth album is his most impressive work yet

Outbreak festival review – hardcore and pop hooks collide in impeccable genre-fluid lineup

Turnstile headlined with soaring high-tempo energy while Speed went route-one punk, Jane Remover caused pandemonium and Have a Nice Life electrified their fanbase in this most free-thinking of festivals

Lil Wayne review – chaotic but charismatic race through greatest hits

The hitmaker’s latest album might receive a pass from most but his eclectic tour opener proves why he’s still standing

Tyler, the Creator review – a fiery performance from a giddy rap god

Performing solo to a backing track, the rapper nevertheless generates extraordinary heat with his fluid and furious flow atop foundation-rumbling bass

Billy Woods: Golliwog review – one of the most engrossing, unnerving records you’ll hear this year

The New York rapper confronts trauma and state-sanctioned terror with his latest release, pulling out innumerable images of inhumanity

Kendrick Lamar and SZA review – powerhouse duo make their mark in Atlanta

The record-breaking Grand National tour brings together two stylistically opposed stars and continues an internet-breaking feud

Central Cee review – UK rap superstar tentatively enjoys stadium success

Cycling through a set of stiff hand gestures, the rapper sometimes seems unsure what to do on stage. But when mediated through screens, his connection to his fans is palpable

Negros Tou Moria: Mavri Ellada review – a rebetiko rap riposte to Greek social division

This pioneer of ‘trabetiko’ mixes working-class folk music with trap on tracks about being a second-generation Greek born to Ghanaian parents

Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It’s Sunny review – a musical rebirth with swagger

The south-east Londoner’s second album pairs a refreshed musical palette with streamlined, introspective lyrics

Tokimonsta: Eternal Reverie review – a life-affirming journey through dance music

On her seventh album, delayed by personal tragedy, the US producer calls in collaborators aplenty on a high-energy set interspersed with tender moments

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl half-time show review – game over for Drake

The Pulitzer prize-winning rapper chose artistry over more obvious showmanship in an unusual set yet still delivered the final blow to his diss track nemesis