Guardian Music — Outspoken and laddish, yet charming and relentlessly driven by the death of his father, Dappy is a modern pop paradox. Michael Cragg talks to the N-Dubz star turned soloCrumpled into a puce hoodie pulled tight around his face, his trademark woolly ... more info

Guardian Music — Gareth Daley is the first Brit-soul boy contender with serious commercial potential since Mick HucknallHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Gareth Daley (vocals, music).The background: We might as well get the comparisons out the way: he's a blue-eyed so... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Chipmunk drops a brand new mixtape. Features from Tinie Tempah, Wretch 32, Sincere, Skepta and Sneakbo. So far so good. Listen to the mixtape here more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — This week Chipmunk is releasing a brand new mixtape called “CMAR: spazzz.com“. The project will feature Wretch 32, Skepta, Tinie Tempah and Mavado. Expect Chip’s explosive “Hustle Bars” freestyle to be on the project as well as the “Otis�... more info

Gigwise — Featuring N-Dubz, Wretch 32 and more... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The 2nd remix is finally here. This time, Estelle calls in Raekwon and UK rapper Wretch 32 who recently celebrated his first UK number one. more info

Guardian Music — The Mobos celebrate the uniqueness of British urban music, origins and allDan Hancox chose to undermine the achievements of the nominated artists for the Mobo awards, who have done so well and have been flying the flag for British music internationa... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Radiohead, Noel Gallagher and Kasabian are among the acts that have been named early .Bookies William Hill have released an extremely early perdition for next year's potential Mercury Prize winner. Kasabain have been named favourite to pick up the aw... more info

Guardian Music — (Ministry of Sound)If the recent history of British pop music has consisted of urban music filching the killer blueprint of dance music and then taking over pop, then Example is, arguably, its gleaming end result. He is a purveyor of singalong, bounc... more info

Guardian Music — The large number of white faces on this year's shortlist has prompted a lot of people to ask an obvious questionThe annual storm brewing over the Mobos is more turbulent than ever this year. Launched in 1996, the Music of Black Origin awards usuall... more info