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Billboard's special salute to Black Music Month continues its rollout with the next 25 artists on our all-time top 75 list.
In celebration of YouTube's 20th anniversary, YouTube's Director of Black Music & Culture Tuma Basa ranked the top 20 hip-hop ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — RZA, the hip-hop architect of Staten Island’s own Wu-Tang Clan, recently declared his cousin GZA (aka ...
The 1990s were the golden age of rap music. And these are three perfect albums from that time period that encourage no skips.
Method Man's raps are more than rhymes. It is the way he blends an outward charm, genuine talent, and authenticity every time ...
Don’t judge an album by its cover... Easier said than done for some. Following the controversy surrounding the album image ...
It’s Black Music Month, and Billboard, the music biz bible, has come up with its list of the 75 best R&B artists of all time.
What makes a great song of the summer? Is it an up-tempo pop banger? Something with an earworm chorus? Does it need to ...
Get the scoop on all the great summer songs this year with a look at the top contenders vying for 2025's summer anthem.
Here are some of the best and worst sets we saw on Summerfest's ground stages on June 19. Now 38, Shad Gregory Moss, better ...
To determine the best movies of the 21st century, we polled hundreds of celebrities. See how your favorite stars and ...
The reading list in Rock Music Menu’s Summer Essentials. (Courtesy of, clockwise from top left, Akashic Books, Akashic Books, Jawbone Press, Enemy Books, Motorbooks, St. Martin’s Press, Jawbone Press.