Editors' Picks
- How Black Women Are Flipping the Pop-Rock Script
How Black Women Are Flipping the Pop-Rock Script
Artists like Rachel Chinouriri, Ravyn Lenae, Willow Smith, and Alemeda are claiming space in genres that historically haven’t claimed them.
- PlaqueBoyMax Lit Summer Smash on Fire
PlaqueBoyMax Lit Summer Smash on Fire
Trading his chat for a sea of screaming fans, the streamer proved his rap star bona fides onstage in Chicago.
- The Best Album Covers of the Last 5 Years
The Best Album Covers of the Last 5 Years
The Recording Academy just announced that, next year, it will give out a Grammy for Best Album Cover. Here’s every album that would have won if the award had debuted in 2020.
Public Domain
- Fergie Baby Floats Over a 101-Year-Old Sample on ‘Public Domain’
Fergie Baby Floats Over a 101-Year-Old Sample on ‘Public Domain’
DJ Kanai and Kajun dig for the loop and lace the beat.
- Bbearded Loops Up a 101-Year-Old Track for Journey Montana on ‘Public Domain’
Bbearded Loops Up a 101-Year-Old Track for Journey Montana on ‘Public Domain’
Journey goes in over a sample from Irving Berlin’s ‘Lazy.’
- Chow Lee Goes in Over a 104-Year-Old Loop on ‘Public Domain’
Chow Lee Goes in Over a 104-Year-Old Loop on ‘Public Domain’
Latest Stories
- How Bktherula and TiaCorine Built Their Own Lanes in the World of ‘Boy Music’
How Bktherula and TiaCorine Built Their Own Lanes in the World of ‘Boy Music’
At Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash, one of rap’s loudest, most male-dominated festivals, the two women stood out on their own terms.
- Charli XCX Restores OG Album Covers: Here’s What That Means
Charli XCX Restores OG Album Covers: Here’s What That Means
The ‘Brat’ singer changed all the covers to match her sixth album’s aesthetic last year.
- The Internet Is Frying Ian Over a 5-Second Snippet of a Freestyle
The Internet Is Frying Ian Over a 5-Second Snippet of a Freestyle
The bars, as heard in the trailer for XXL’s Freshman freestyles, have the timeline in tears.
- Why Cassie’s $20 Million Settlement Didn’t Undermine Her Testimony
Why Cassie’s $20 Million Settlement Didn’t Undermine Her Testimony
Critics have said that Cassie’s civil suit against Sean “Diddy” Combs discredited her account on the stand in his criminal trial. A New York City law professor and former federal prosecutor says otherwise.
- Young Thug’s First Show Back Was a Tightrope Walk
Young Thug’s First Show Back Was a Tightrope Walk
Amid serious legal constraints and soaring fan expectations, Thug closed out Summer Smash with his first performance since the YSL trial.
- ‘Latinas Are Everything’: Karol G Fires Back at Critics of Genre-Defying ‘Tropicoqueta’ Album
‘Latinas Are Everything’: Karol G Fires Back at Critics of Genre-Defying ‘Tropicoqueta’ Album
The Colombian artist’s fifth studio release features 20 songs that range from bachata to reggaetón.
- Pusha T Calls Out Travis Scott in New Clipse Song: ‘No Loyalty to Nobody’
Pusha T Calls Out Travis Scott in New Clipse Song: ‘No Loyalty to Nobody’
It’s not clocking to them that Pusha T is standing on business.
- Canadian Politician Shares Excuse for Attending Kendrick Show in Toronto: ‘I Went for SZA’
Canadian Politician Shares Excuse for Attending Kendrick Show in Toronto: ‘I Went for SZA’
“I shouldn’t have gone at all.”
- Ty Dolla Sign’s New Documentary, ‘Still Free TC,’ Isn’t About Proving His Brother’s Innocence
Ty Dolla Sign’s New Documentary, ‘Still Free TC,’ Isn’t About Proving His Brother’s Innocence
The film, which premieres at Tribeca Festival in New York City this week, tells the story of Gabriel “TC” Griffin, who’s serving 67 years to life for murder.
- Diddy Accuser Reveals Identity in Refiled Lawsuit
Diddy Accuser Reveals Identity in Refiled Lawsuit
Chelsea Lovelace, who met Diddy in 2020, initially filed her suit last September.
- Five Years Later, We’re Still Living in Chloe x Halle’s ‘Ungodly Hour’
Five Years Later, We’re Still Living in Chloe x Halle’s ‘Ungodly Hour’
In honor of its fifth anniversary, we’re looking back at the moments made us pay attention, retweet, and press replay.
- The Best Gov Ball Performances, Based on Who We’d Pay to See on Tour
The Best Gov Ball Performances, Based on Who We’d Pay to See on Tour
BigXthaPlug, Mk.gee, Tyla, and more who moved the crowd in Queens this weekend.