Like Fela, Falz packs his music with playfulness and satire while also stirring public consciousness with activist lyrics. Both call for action against the oppressive political class. In 2020, when ...

Rolling Stone ranks the best Afropop songs of the year featuring Adekunle Gold, Rema, Moily, Theodora, Tyla, Davido, Bien, ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.

That’s the case with albums from Lamar and Clipse, as well as J.I.D’s God Does Like Ugly. (J.I.D has long been a respected lyricist too.) Markman is also impressed with the growth that Tyler, the ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

Music is subjective. General popularity rarely translates to universal enjoyment. In A Nutshell Sabrina Carpenter’s “Sugar ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

If you're traveling, a virtual private network (VPN) can help secure your connection to public Wi-Fi networks and unblock your favorite streaming service. Whether at home or on the go, these services ...