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The Most Iconic Rapper Jeans Through the Decades

From EVISU to True Religion and Amiri, these are the jeans that have defined hip-hop style over the years.

Willie Colón: 14 Essential Songs and Albums

The music that the world now knows as salsa would probably not exist if not for the vision of Willie Colón. While Eddie Palmieri’s La Perfecta had been plying the two-trombone sound for years, Colón ...

Sixers’ Kelly Oubre Jr. releases a new rap song, ‘Fast & Furious,’ under the stage name t$unami

Kelly Oubre Jr. appears to be spending his All-Star break in the recording studio. On Monday, the Sixers forward posted a ...

Kendrick Lamar's ‘Not Like Us' Breaks No. 1 Record on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" adds another honor to a triumphant February for the artist, breaking the record for the most ...
American Songwriter

3 Classic Rock Songs That Musically Captured the End of the Hippie Era in the Early 1970s

These three legendary classic rock songs captured the essence of the end of the 1960s hippie era of music, politics, and ...
KPVI

Congolese rumba, music caught between neglect and nostalgia

Each weekend, dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway to the old hits on the decrepit rooftop terrace of Kinshasa's ...
Louder

"When it ended, I asked, “Do you hate it?” How an old rap-rock demo, a Chris Farley skit and an all-star jam helped turn one Canadian pop-punk band into megastars

Inspired by the likes of Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J, Whibley christened the song's sound as "punk hop". Rap was the first music that he listened to that didn't come from his parents ...