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The 100 best songs of 2022

From the return of Sky Ferreira, Stormzy and Beyoncé to the ascendance of Ethel Cain, FLO and Coi Leray, these are the top tracks of the year.
i-D Staff
12.22.22
Music

Pig the Gemini's playful rap is unlike anything you've heard before

Fresh from performing at our Art Basel party in Miami, the young Orlando artist is photographed and interviewed by Rahim Fortune.
Rahim Fortune
12.7.22
the royalty issue

Nicki Minaj: "If I never rap again, I will still leave this earth an icon"

In her first i-D cover, the best-selling female rapper of all time spoke to JT of City Girls about the landscape of hip-hop, fear, and her new album.
Owen Myers
11.9.22
the royalty issue

Stormzy: “This album is me holding a mirror up to myself”

As he makes his return after three years, the king of UK music plays Rick Rubin his new album, and discusses his growth as a man and an artist.
Felix Petty
11.8.22
Music

Flo Milli wants you to twerk in your car to her new album

With 'You Still Here, Ho?', the Alabama rapper provides the mood-boosting musical affirmations we all desperately need right now.
Tiana Randall
8.24.22
Music

How Gazo changed the face of French rap

After impressive collaborations with Headie One and Pa Salieu, the Parisian drill artist reflects on his explosive new album, ‘KMT’.
Maxime Delcourt
8.16.22
The Out Of The Blue Issue

A$AP Ferg: "Fuck all the accolades, I want to give you something new"

The Harlem rapper discusses making "unafraid music", giving back to his community and his new label, Sewer Sounds.
Dean Van Nguyen
12.16.21
Music

Wiki and Sage Elsesser discuss NY hip-hop and measuring success in music

Fresh off their US tour, we quizzed the rapper and producer on their new record, ‘Half God’.
Alex Hodor Lee
12.14.21
Music

Dominic Fike and his brother ALX in conversation

As ALX prepares to release his horny pop debut 'YES', the brothers discuss their childhood and the secret music they don’t want you to hear.
Beatrice Hazlehurst
10.15.21
Music

All the best albums of summer 2021 so far

From Clairo's 'Sling' to Tyler, the Creator's 'CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST' there's a record for every mood.
Grant Rindner
9.1.21
Photography

Photographing New York's hip-hop legends before they were famous

Jamil GS is now selling his iconic portraits of JAY-Z, Kelis, Mary J. Blige and more, through his newly-launched web store The Dope Hip-Hop Shop.
Grant Rindner
6.9.21
Music

Little Simz on the power of introverts and Emma Corrin's album feature

The music video for ‘Introvert’, shot in the Natural History Museum, foreshadows a record of epic proportions. The London rapper tells us more.
Frankie Dunn
4.21.21
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