Salt-N-Pepa are not the first band to accept God as their newest member. But as they serve up a modified take on their earthy hits at the Good Vibrations Festival, we hope their feminist message remains unscathed.

The art of the rap solo in contemporary pop has only come into its own over the last 20-odd years. Here, we pay tribute to the best rap performances by men in songs sung by women.

Two documentaries, filmed 25 years apart, show how graffiti culture has moved from the street to the gallery, and from public menace to mainstream success.

Rappers love similes like Joanie loves Chachi. In a bonus stupid question, we ask MCs Pressure, Bliss and Ozi Batla about their favourite rap similes.

According to charts and ticket sales, Australian hip-hop has finally come of age. The Enthusiast asks current luminaries Hilltop Hoods, the Herd and Bliss N Eso, are sales a reflection of higher quality?

His best friend was murdered, he remarried and divorced, he went through rehab. Yet over the last five years Eminem found the most platinum-coated inspiration from Christopher Reeve jokes.

Is Joaquin Phoenix's increasingly shambolic rapping odyssey a legitimate career change, an elaborate piss-take of Hollywood hobby bands, or a sign that heroin is a helluva drug?

GLOBAL EXCLUSIVE: Australia's hottest new rapper speaks to The Enthusiast about women, Westside life, and snapkicking every other cunt in Australian hip-hop.

Melbourne-based hip-hop and reggae producer Mista Savona has made history by producing the first ever internationally distributed Australian dancehall riddim, the Fire Dragon Riddim.