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Adoring hip-hop singer in pieces without awful noise (4,11)

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I believe the answer is:

hero-worshipping

'adoring' is the definition.

'hip-hop singer in pieces without awful noise' is the wordplay.
'in pieces' indicates an anagram.
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'awful noise' becomes 'row'.
'hip'+'hop'+'singer'='hiphopsinger'
'hiphopsinger' with letters rearranged gives 'heorshipping'.
'heorshipping' going around 'row' is 'HERO-WORSHIPPING'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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