HOUSTON — Michael 5000 Watts, a legendary figure in Houston’s hip-hop scene, is currently hospitalized after experiencing serious health issues over the past week, according to a statement released by ...

In 1963, the Isleys hired a new guitarist from Seattle, an Army vet named Jimi Hendrix. They bought him his first Fender ...

The “Zoo King” is officially back. Marking his first major creative work since his recent release from prison, Fetty Wap has teamed up with rising creative visionary Unicorn 151 (formerly Killa Kherk ...

KL Bro Biju Rithvik is a major player, known for family-friendly videos and a huge subscriber count. Carryminati remains a ...

DALLAS, Texas — Family members have identified one of the victims in a New Year’s Day shooting at a Dallas after-hours club as Zec'qurie Cannon Grant Fields, who was better known in the hip-hop world ...

The year 2025 has been a whirlwind year for music, with songs from every genre going viral and dominating playlists around the world. From pop chart-toppers to underground experiments, artists have ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

We don’t always feel cycles; we live through them. Sunsets on this spinning rock we inhabit aren’t the end of days — they’re just signs of another trip around the sun, a reset. Rap is no different; it ...

If your ears need a rest, we hear you. Chicago hosted an astonishing number of concerts in 2025. There was no shortage of events that lured fans from the city, the Midwest and places further afield.

In terms of artistic advancement, many rap fans would probably not consider Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” a genre-shifting single. However, regarding popular appeal, they probably would, as it was the ...

The rapper, whose real name is Rodarius Green, was released on an $8,000 bond. His lawyers said he had been “unjustly profiled.” By Derrick Bryson Taylor The hip-hop star Rod Wave was arrested on ...

Though, in most senses, the top of the charts is always the place to start in any commercial discussion of music, oftentimes we’ll eschew discussion of it, due in no small part to a 2025 buzzword: ...