Music

Photo by Blair Caldwell Beyoncé's country album "Cowboy Carter" failed to secure CMA nominations. The Hollywood Reporter states the awards overlooked her groundbreaking achievements. The singer's "Texas Hold 'Em" topped Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. It remained at number one for ten weeks, a first for a Black woman."Cowboy Carter" dominated Billboard's Top Country Albums chart for four weeks. This unprecedented feat further solidified Beyoncé's impact on the genre. Despite […]

Kendrick Lamar performs at last summer's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Amy Harris/Invision/AP/Invisio Kendrick Lamar is returning to the Super Bowl stage, this time as headliner. The Grammy Award-winning rapper will play the Apple Music halftime show at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 9, 2025, the NFL, Apple Music, Roc Nation and Lamar himself announced Sunday. .@KendrickLamar. Super Bowl LIX. New Orleans. February 2025. […]

Shenseea backstage during her headlining show at Webster Hall in New York City. Ryan Lockard While most love summer for sweaty fun, high temps, low discernment and carefree pleasures, Shenseea has spent this season steady working. With 2024 being the year of the Dragon in the Asian lunar calendar — the matching creature that’s been the Jamaican artist’s longtime logo — it only makes sense that she’s come to claim […]

Renowned singer-songwriter Sade is set to release her first new song in years. The track, titled "Young Lion," will be part of a benefit album called "TRAИƧA." According to Variety Magazine, the album will be released on November 22. It aims to support transgender awareness and features trans and non-binary artists. "Young Lion" is dedicated to Sade's son Izaak, who identifies as a transgender man. This personal connection adds depth […]

Doechii channels a panoramic relationship to her own thoughts and voice on the new mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal. John Jay Virality stoked an insatiable hunger in the effervescent Tampa rapper Doechii. After the 2021 cut “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake” amassed millions of tags on TikTok, she finally found herself playlisted by Spotify, and all she could think about was the next stage of her breakthrough. “I was like, OK, how […]

RZA premiered his composition for A Ballet Through Mud with the Colorado Symphony in 2023. Amanda Tipton/Infamous PR Updated August 30, 2024 at 08:30 AM ET RZA is almost inseparable from the legacy of the Wu-Tang Clan hip-hop collective he helped form in 1992, putting his stamp on the genre through his unique way of mixing soul samples. These days, though, he's trying his hand at classical music. A ballet […]