Michael West CBE joined The King's Fund as a visiting fellow in 2013. He is Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at Lancaster University, Visiting Professor at University College, Dublin, ...

Rap music, with its rich history and diverse styles, has produced countless masterpieces over the decades. This list attempts to capture the 100 most influential, innovative, and enduring rap albums ...

Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s feud has become one of the most storied rap beefs in history, but their relationship wasn’t always so fraught with tension. Just one year later, however, cracks in ...

Nothing has been the same since Drake and Kendrick Lamar first collaborated in 2011. By Carl Lamarre Everyone wanted this: a lyrical death match between the biggest rappers in the game today ...

Israel has killed eight people in the Gaza Strip and five more in the West Bank in the past 24 hours, Palestinian officials have said. It comes as a fragile ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An Israeli military operation has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians who can’t break their fast in their own homes and don’t know when, or if, they will ever return. By Fatima ...

Detective Melissa Mercado of NYPD's Special Victims Division was pulled from active investigations after appearing in a controversial rap video by S-Quire. The video, seen as degrading to women ...

The first emergency clinic for injured animals is due to open in the Palestinian city of Jenin later this month. Israeli attacks on the occupied West Bank city have left hundreds of homes ...

About 15 years ago, an Indian rapper of humble origins broke onto the country's then-infertile hip-hop music scene and transformed it forever. He teased, cajoled and vexed his listeners, daring ...

NYPD detective Melissa Mercado went viral after appearing in rapper S-Quire's risque music video. It's stirred new controversy and invited officials' criticism. NYPD’s special victims unit ...