Listened to musicians' covers (8)

I believe the answer is:

wrappers

'covers' is the definition.

'listened to musicians'' is the wordplay.
'listened to' becomes 'w' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'musicians'' becomes 'rappers'.
'w'+'rappers'='WRAPPERS'

(Another definition for wrappers that I've seen is " Loose dressing gowns -- paper coverings".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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