Jelly Roll emulated Ozzy Osbourne in this touching track to the country star's wife on his tenth album, 'Beautifully Broken.' ...

Legendary rap and hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco is joining the faculty as Johns Hopkins University as a visiting professor, the Chicago rapper announced Wednesday. Fiasco will join JHU’s Peabody ...

Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, atmospheric production style influenced by jazz, the album explores past ...

Houston rap is in an interesting spot going into 2025. We have established stars that have crossed over into the mainstream or been major players for years now in Megan Thee Stallion and Travis Scott.

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FALMOUTH, Maine — For many young musicians, recording in a professional studio can feel out of reach ... allowing Monaco to continue nurturing the southern Maine music scene he grew up loving. "It's ...

Renowned music producer Richard Perry, noted for hits like 'You're So Vain' and 'I'm So Excited,' has died at 82 due to cardiac arrest. Remembered for his humility and talent in matching songs to ...

For those willing to dig a little deeper than Spotify’s Rap Caviar, there’s no shortage of vital and surprising music being made in regional scenes from Philadelphia to Chicago to Orlando.

But as a young boy in Cuba, Sandoval's rise to the top of the music world was inconceivable. He has now won 10 Grammy awards and performed the world over. Geoff Bennett met up with Sandoval to ...

Meek Mill, James Lindsay and Rick Ross attend 2nd Annual Rap Snacks Disrupt Summit Founder's Ball at Briza On The Bay on Jan. 11, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Photo: Romain Maurice/Getty Images) ...

Read previous Rap Columns here. 30 ... As you might have intuited by now, Rob49 mostly makes Get Money Music and Bad Bitch Anthems, the sort of songs where every line is ready to caption a ...

The fellas put a bow on 2024's year in music. By Michael Saponara 2024 is ... Anderson reunited to highlight some of their favorite rap and R&B projects of the year while breaking down some ...