Music
Ramsey Lewis, the jazz pianist who enjoyed a six-decade career recording 80 albums and earning three Grammy Awards, has died at the age of 87. The Chicago, Illinois musician's influence was prominent in classical music, R&B, and in later years, a major influence in Hip-Hop.
The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota is set to play host to the latest edition of the Planet AFROPUNK Festival, with Ari Lennox and Noname prominently featured among the performers.
Alicia Keys and the Wu-Tang Clan are among a list of highly influential recordings that have been added to the National Recording Registry. Their debut albums are among a swath of recordings the Library of Congress deemed worthy of preserving for their artistic and historical impact.
For about an hour and a half Tuesday, Spotify users were cut off from the music and podcast streaming world as the platform experienced widespread technical problems causing its users across the U.S. to complain about access issues across its app and website.
The Glastonbury Festival announced their early concert lineup on Friday, with Billie Eilish being one of the headliners along with Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar. Eilish is set to be the youngest ever in that role at the June festival.
The iHeart Radio Music Awards have announced their list of the nominees for this year, along with two new categories. These categories will give winners awards based on voting by the fans through their website and through social media using specific hashtags.
In 2012, Hip-Hop legend and business mogul Jay-Z brought the Made In America music festival to Philadelphia, Pa., and every year since, the colossal musical extravaganza has brought us some of the biggest names across genres and has headlined artists who define the current culture.
Lil Nas X wanted to test just how tolerant and welcoming some of y’all really are when it comes to treating people equally. So, the 21-year-old, gay Black man celebrated his sexuality and put our boundaries to the test with his video for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).”
If you truly thought about your favorite songs of all time, a good chunk either were made for a hip-hop soundtrack or were introduced to you by one. Alicia Keys came wailing into our hearts in 2001 with "Fallin'," but it was 1997's Men In Black soundtrack where a teenage Keys predates that classic.
Black women are positioned as a community of power in every bar uttered — she's given us the indisputable commandments of a bad b*tch, putting f*ck boys all over the nation on notice.
Lil Baby’s music is reigniting a firestorm of sociopolitical awareness in trap music lovers during an era where half of the country is struggling to understand why Black Lives Matter. His single “The Bigger Picture” amassed over 100 million streams since debuting on the charts, a clear indication that the world is paying attention to what the superstar has to say.
Unapologetic songstress Lizzo will soon have to face the music against claims that she plagiarized her huge hit “Truth Hurts.” Producer and songwriter Justin Raisen claims that Lizzo is unfairly taking credit for its opening line when he wrote the line as a part of another song two years ago.