Ty Dolla $ign headlines this week’s best new music with his album TYCOON, alongside fresh releases from Muni Long, Wale, ...

Richmond is paying tribute to D’Angelo, born Michael Eugene Archer, who died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Like many of them, he draws from multiple cultures and traditions—Spanish and Quechua speaking, global and local, ancient and modern. And with his fellow artists, he’s creating something entirely new: ...

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Joey Bada$$ reveals the next movie role he’ll be starring in. During a joint conversation on video with J.I.D for XXL ...

Nine Inch Nails had big shoes to fill following Daft Punk for the Tron: Ares soundtrack. Fortunately, they knocked it right ...

When hip-hop was in its early stages, most people criticized the genre as being a fad. Yet, here we are over 50 years since its inception, and it's one of the most popular genres among fans.

Will Smith’s rap comeback has gone down as one of the biggest flops in hip-hop history. Once a Grammy-winning rapper and Hollywood’s biggest movie star, Will is now struggling to get anyone to care ...

Diane Martel, a video director responsible for visuals for some of the top Hip-Hop acts of the 1990s before branching out to other genres, has died, according to reports. By way of a statement given ...

This is one of those experimental tracks I have a lot of fun making in my off-time, but I'm always unsure if it will land with the audience. But, I've decided to just share a lot more of what I do and ...

Diane Martel, trailblazing music video director behind Blurred Lines and Mariah Carey’s holiday classic, died at 63 after battling breast cancer. Diane Martel, the fearless visual architect behind ...

Two of Martel's numerous credits include the "Blurred Lines" and "We Can't Stop" music videos Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...