Hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté, who pushed the art form forward as a teenage battle rapper in the 1980s, is set to become the ...

Drake and Kendrick Lamar have exchanged a flurry of diss tracks since last March, including "Not Like Us." We ranked all eight songs from worst to best.

Feuding with Drake turned the ‘Not Like Us’ performer into hip-hop’s hottest artist. Now he will take music’s biggest stage ...

Melodic punk, melancholy rap, acoustic folk, even a few jazz standards. Our music critics weigh in on the recent releases ...

A week before the NFL season culminates with Super Bowl 59 between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, the music industry’s biggest night will take center stage with the 67th Grammy Awards ...

The week one streaming total is the third fastest of all time by a UK rapper – only albums by Dave and Stormzy have amassed greater UK streaming consumption for domestic rap in their opening week.

The Grammy Awards are this weekend, with artists like Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift being the most nominated. The major categories are stacked with competition, including the Best New ...

Every February the Local 303 honors Black History Month by spotlighting Black musicians who are pushing boundaries and making ...

Rapper-turned-actor Will Smith marked his first album announcement in two decades with the release of a new song alongside ...

Every week, dozens and dozens of albums manifest from the ether. (Or, wherever records get pressed, really.) It’s hard to tell what’s good, what’s bad and what’s just mostly undeserving of your time ...

The festival will bring together top national artists and some of South Florida’s best in blues, Americana, country, and world music.

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...