Kendrick Lamar returns, 5 years later and a world away : NPR

Kendrick Lamar returns, 5 years later and a world away : NPR

The hip-hop visionary and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is back. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for American Expres hide caption toggle caption Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for American Expres The hip-hop visionary and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is back. Matt […]

Death Row’s First Lady Jewell, Who Worked With 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Has Died

Death Row’s First Lady Jewell, Who Worked With 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Has Died

Jewell Caples, dubbed “The First Lady of Death Row Records” and known for her work on The Chronic, Doggystyle and All Eyez on Me, has died at the age of 53, her manager shared in a statement with Entertainment Tonight.  […]

Study Confirms That Major Labels Control Spotify Playlists

Spotify playlist study

Photo Credit: Behnam Norouzi A Spotify playlist study has found that the Big Three labels (UMG, Warner, Sony) benefit most from curated playlists. In many cases, they practically control them. Consultancy firm Music Tomorrow published […]

Jack Harlow: ‘The world’s going to turn on me soon’ – Music News

It’s Jack Harlow v Harry Styles for UK Number 1 this week - Music News

Jack Harlow joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 for an extensive conversation and deep dive into his brand new album ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’. He tells Zane about his childhood and humble […]

John Mulaney Told Pete Davidson To Spread Rumor Kanye Has Polio

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Getty Image / Dimitrios Kambouris Back in January, Kanye West was reportedly telling everybody that Pete Davidson has AIDS John Mulaney told Pete Davidson he should respond by spreading a rumor that Kanye has polio […]

‘I’ve never felt this depth of love’: Emeli Sandé on coming out, race and making music again | Emeli Sandé

Emeli Sandé performs Read All About It at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

I remember, as everyone does, Emeli Sandé performing at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. She sang Abide With Me so seriously, and yet so joyfully, she looked as though there were some kind […]

Kendrick Lamar’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! | Kendrick Lamar

Lamar at the Grammys in 2018

20. Wesley’s Theory (2015) A crash course in To Pimp a Butterfly’s expansive sound – Thundercat’s bass ricochets around, George Clinton is on hand to bolster the P-funk-like chorus – and its lyrical viewpoint. It […]

Double Elimination All About the ’90s

Double Elimination All About the '90s

Prince, Space Bunny and somewhere between one and six Queen Cobras took the stage for the best non-finale night ever — but only one act would survive! For the first time all season on “The […]

Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar and Lionel Richie are among acts voted into Rock Hall : NPR

Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar and Lionel Richie are among acts voted into Rock Hall : NPR

Pat Benatar in Paris on January 12th, 1983. Dolly Parton on ‘Dolly,’ in 1987. Lionel Richie at the American Music Awards, 1985. Patrick Aventurier/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images/ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images […]