Hip-Hop has evolved tremendously in its 50 years of existence. Technology is one of the main factors that help the art form move forward.

Blockchain and NFTs are reshaping how artists active across all genres are monetizing their work. As 2025 progresses, expect to see more artists using NFTs to connect with fans, build their audience, ...

For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...

Central Cee – Can’t Rush Greatness (Columbia/CC4L) After rising to global stardom, the UK rapper delivers a mass-appeal new album that features Skepta, Dave, 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, and Young ...

According to reports from TMZ and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, DJ Unk's wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, revealed that he died of a heart attack in his sleep. She dispelled other claims circulating ...

Because of their relative proximity to today, the best albums of the 2010s sound like modern music distilled to its purest, ...

The cliché says what’s old is new again. It’s not often that we see a gap of 51 years between albums, but the legendary ...

At its core, hip-hop is a voice for the voiceless seeking to address systemic inequities through storytelling.

Synopsis: The Salesman, a ruthless international arms dealer, kidnaps Pooja—Vikram’s daughter, believed to be dead and forces ...

Billboard Japan spoke to the band about their mindset as they set out with their new lineup, the creation of their new album ...

The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow (XO/Republic) Abel Tesfaye’s possibly-final album as The Weeknd is also his most personal, a whiplash of sex, drugs, and demons set to the most interesting production of ...

For now, Gripper plays another unbelievable arrangement of a Malian kora song ... BWV 1008 by Derek Gripper January 20, 2025 • Hip hop and classical music come together in the hybrid chamber ...