The potency of Dave’s message is generally enough to make you appreciate the Good Word. Part confession, part sermon, he ...

S ince debuting in 1991 with a feature on Main Source’s “Live at the Barbeque,” Nas has been intent on amplifying New York hip-hop. His first full-length album, Illmatic, was an evolution in hip-hop ...

‘No Excuses’ blends rap, Afrobeats, and experimental sounds. Its lineup includes impressive guest artists such as Phyno, Olamide, Bella Shmurda, Pa Salieu, and AJ Tracey. Producers like Jae5 and ...

Namhla Thando Matshanda receives funding from the National Research Foundation. The formal launch of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September 2025 made news across the world. There was ...

The fast-rising Chicago rapper/producer BabyChiefDoIt is an actual teeanger, and he looks like he’s in fifth grade. His music ...

Talks between Ethiopia’s government and holders of a $1 billion defaulted bond collapsed after both sides agreed to terminate the discussions without an agreement. The Ethiopia Ad Hoc Bondholder ...

Billboard reports that “the lack of rap songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 is the latest sign of a recent dip in rap’s commercial dominance,” while also pointing out that they made a rule change that ...

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was once a rapper named Mr. Cardamom — and his rap career is still past tense. On Oct. 4, attorney Jim Walden, who recently backed out of his own independent ...

The Reinvention delivers the kind of timeless production and razor-sharp lyricism that have long defined both Premier and Ransom’s legacies. “I’d say working with one of your Hip-Hop heroes is, in the ...

Vince Gill is gearing up to do something unprecedented in the music industry, as he will be releasing new songs once a month for the next year. Why Is Vince Gill Releasing So Much New Music? The ...

About four years after it was initially proposed, Madison-based concert promoter FPC Live's new music venue in Milwaukee's Deer District has locked in a naming rights sponsor and an opening time frame ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades later. Credit...Jan Robert Dünnweller ...