Music Features

The Atlanta rap scene, like the rest of the music world, is still mourning the loss of Rich Homie Quan. Last week, the 33-year-old artist was found unresponsive in his girlfriend’s Atlanta home, leaving behind five children and an immense musical legacy. With hits like 2013’s “Type of Way” and …

Chappell Roan has had an incredible year — as this month’s Rolling Stone cover story put it, she’s experienced “the kind of rise that makes words like ‘meteoric’ feel quaint.” However, she’s also been open about how disorienting everything has been, even taking to TikTok to describe scary moments she’s …

Until now, anyone who wanted to hear live recordings of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at their peak had to settle for the double album 4 Way Street. That record, culled from their 1970 shows, had its charged moments, including one of the earliest live versions of Neil Young’s “Ohio,” …

If ever there were a moment that perfectly sums up the current dichotomy of life for Shovels & Rope’s Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, it’d be the couple’s recent experience of waiting in the pickup line at their kids’ elementary school —in their former band van. “It’s this busted …

In August, Travis Scott celebrated the 10th anniversary of his mixtape Days Before Rodeo by making the project available on streaming services for the first time. He sold over 361,000 album units in the first week as consumers got reacquainted with the star-making project —or listened to it for the …

D o you want to bedazzle my grinder?” Chappell Roan is standing in front of a vintage armoire, holding the silver weed-crushing tool and contemplating what to do today. It’s a hot, gorgeous July Friday, and she has a rare day off in between her increasingly viral festival performances. The …

Since debuting in 2023, BOYNEXTDOOR have developed a signature sound, with music that’s full of energy and fun wordplay — and while they flow across genres, they’ve stayed close to their core themes of youth, building on a sound that is true to the members, Sungho, Riwoo, Jaehyun, Taesan, Leehan, …

One Tuesday evening in September, in an unassuming, dusty building in New York’s Chinatown and up a rickety elevator ride that made you wonder about the pre-war building’s safety codes, you’d find the Dare DJing on the sixth floor to a few dozen people, days before he heads out on …

On the first full day of the NFL season, the league announced that Kendrick Lamar would be headlining the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in New Orleans. Despite New Orleans native Lil Wayne being right there for a hometown set of hits, NFL brass (with consultation from Jay-Z’s Roc Nation) …

The CMA Awards lit a fire in Beyoncé in 2016. At that year’s ceremony, she took the stage with the Chicks to perform “Daddy Lessons,” the country cut from Lemonade. There was bristling within the audience, the first spark of contention. Online, scandalized viewers torched the appearance. They spewed their …