Ahead of a speaking tour of South Africa, cultural critic Greg Tate talks about #BlackLivesMatter and the burgeoning Afropunk aesthetic.

Steve Mason and the late Gil Scott-Heron are on the receiving end of two essential new dub albums.

Gil Scott-Heron was a poet, jazz musician and rap pioneer who used mordant lyrics to express his views on politics and culture.

Publisher Jamie Byng recalls the moral courage, wit and warmth of the poet and musician, who has died aged 62.

Gil Scott-Heron, a United States poet and songwriter credited with helping inspire the development of rap music, has died at age 62.