BLACKPINK's JENNIE won Best Female Artist at the 2025 APMAs with multi-winners including G-Dragon, Lay Zhang, Jackson Wang, ...

That’s the case with albums from Lamar and Clipse, as well as J.I.D’s God Does Like Ugly. (J.I.D has long been a respected lyricist too.) Markman is also impressed with the growth that Tyler, the ...

Rolling Stone ranks the best Afropop songs of the year featuring Adekunle Gold, Rema, Moily, Theodora, Tyla, Davido, Bien, ...

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.

Probably the band that has played First Ave more than any other act, Dave Pirner and his ever-active crew still return there around the holidays no matter how they spent the rest of the year. In 2025, ...

In 2025, you can't talk about fashion without talking about the most stylish rappers. Their looks sparks trends. They sit front row at fashion week. Their brand partnerships and merch drops sell out ...

The Hmong New Year is the most anticipated cultural celebration in the Hmong community. Today, Lo Neng Kiatoukaysy and Lang Xiong join us on What's Brewing to talk about the Hmong New Year celebration ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

Whelp, this just happened. The Game lit up Club Shay Shay during a new sit-down with Shannon Sharpe by claiming a title that always sparks heated debate. He said with full confidence that he is the ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

A group of Hmong parents in St. Paul Public Schools is urging families to keep their children home Dec. 15, in anticipation of a school board vote the following day on next steps for the district’s ...