Hip-hop may be the biggest genre in the world, but what about in Australia?

It’s funny how time and time again we see hip-hop dominate the charts…. 115,000 people recently attended a single Travis Scott show, Eminem earned over 63 million streams in a single day for his recent album (The Death of Slim Shady: Coup De Grace), Nicky Minaj has sold over 3 million units in 2024 alone, Kendrick Lamar is up for seven Grammy nominations (three of which for a diss-track!) the statistics continue to climb and have done so consistently for some years. So where does that leave hip-hop artists down under? Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here. [embedded content] The Kid Laroi is currently in the midst of a stadium tour with ONEFOUR, who just played to an audience of 25,000 people in Sydney. The (Hilltop) Hoods are about to hit a leg in Europe after something of a hiatus since their last album, I can only hope Sampa the Great is returning to an album cycle soon, Illy’s album has finally dropped after some delay. While it feels a little like I’m name-dropping, only a handful of breakthrough acts can make the seemingly massive leap between a 200-capacity room and a 1500-capacity room...