Music

I t could have been a party. At around two in the afternoon on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, Doug Jones was making business calls from his room in Buenos Aires’ upscale CasaSur Palermo Hotel when clanging, banging, and whooping sounds erupted across the hall. “I heard some really bizarre noises, …

Kanye West was dropped by his talent agency following the controversial rapper’s meltdown on social media over the weekend, which included selling a swastika T-shirt, making a string of antisemitic remarks, and posting several pornographic videos to his feed. Daniel McCartney, who works as a talent agent at 33&West, said …

In just a short while, SZA will take the stage with Kendrick Lamar during his Super Bowl LIX halftime show set at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The performance is another marker in the rapper’s latest victory lap, but SZA has been on one of her own since releasing …

The loss of Irv Gotti, who died last week at the age of 54, is immense. The Hollis, Queens native was a relic from an era when being a hip-hop multi-hyphenate wasn’t about diversifying your portfolio but a passion for hip-hop culture. In his time, he was a DJ, an …

Three decades ago, Seal‘s “Kiss From a Rose” was a sultry, mysterious, romantic pop megahit — thanks in no small part to its appearance on the soundtrack for Batman Forever. In 2025, the U.K. soul singer’s soaring anthem is one of those Super Bowl commercials that make you wonder if …

After Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, Kendrick Lamar’s music saw a significant jump in streams on Spotify. On Monday, the streaming service announced that the rapper’s music saw a 175 percent spike in the U.S. in the three immediate hours after the game wrapped. After the performance, Lamar’s streaming numbers …

Introduced by Samuel L. Jackson in an Uncle Sam outfit, Kendrick Lamar blazed through his back catalog and tracks from his latest release, GNX, at the Super Bowl in New Orleans — and after multiple teases, launched into part of his Drake-savaging hit “Not Like Us.” He skipped the word …

At 54 years old, Kid Rock has not yet outgrown the tantrum-throwing evident in young children who don’t understand that other people’s celebrations aren’t about them. On Saturday evening, the musician stormed offstage at JBJ’s Nashville, where he made a special appearance during Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan’s birthday jam …

Kendrick Lamar struck a chord at the Super Bowl, and it was definitely a major. The hip-hop legend triumphed in his halftime show at the big game in the New Orleans’ Caesar Superdome, in the middle of a lopsided Super Bowl where the Philadelphia Eagles ethered the Kansas City Chiefs. …

Lucy Dacus went on a social media hunt in January for “hot mascs,” or people who are smooth and suave enough to pretend to be hot mascs, to appear in the music video for her new single “Best Guess.” The submissions in response to her TikTok open call flowed in …