The world of popular music looks different on the outside than it does behind the scenes. On the face of it, things often seem smooth. An artist performs a song, it rockets up the charts, and everyone ...

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. ADVERTISEMENT Rapper Maajins first crossed my radar in April 2023 with “matchmyracks,” a Jersey club fever dream dunked in shimmering synths that ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

Jeffrey McNeill, otherwise known as Thee Phantom (right), performs with his partner Andrea Coln McNeill at Carnegie Hall in New York. The duo behind the Illharmonic Orchestra is set to perform in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in hip-hop history have matched the meteoric rise and cultural impact of MC Hammer. Emerging from Oakland’s music scene in the late 1980s, he quickly evolved from a local ...

"It's so frustrating to see people talk about someone you know in a way that is negative," the singer said of her "Hot Uptown" collaborator and Lamar feuding Njera Perkins was a digital news writer at ...