Celebrity Life
The Cool, Calm, Cosmic Rap of 454
New York-via-Florida rapper and producer makes music you can zone out to with real emotional stakes
Al Kent’s ‘The Loneliest One’ Reworks the Four Tops for a Disco Tearjerker
Two artfully blended oldies make for a formidable single from the Scottish DJ
Black Pumas Bring Live Music Roaring Back to Austin After a Hard Year
Backstage and in the crowd at the band's five-night sellout at Stubb’s BBQ — the first full-capacity shows in the Texas capital since March 2020
A Festival Dream Deferred No More: Inside Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’
How the Roots' drummer brought the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival to the big screen after 50 years
Song You Need to Know: Mereba, ‘News Come’
Spillage Village singer offers a reminder that liberation must come swiftly on her new EP
Swizz Beatz on DMX’s Posthumous Album: ‘I’m Crushed, I’m Destroyed, I’m Hurt. But I Had to Pull This Through for Him’
Last year, Swizz and DMX gathered for some of their most significant work together in more than two decades. But after DMX died suddenly this spring, the producer had to finish 'Exodus' alone.
Song You Need to Know: João Selva, ‘Cadê Você’
Bright boogie from a Brazilian-born, France-based singer-songwriter
Song You Need to Know: Luther Black Resurrects Bob Dylan’s ‘Most of the Time’
A new remake of an Oh Mercy album track sheds new light on one of Dylan's neglected classics
Excerpt: Elton John Recounts His Drag History and Remembers ‘True Punk Rebel’ Divine
"Divine’s fearlessness inspires me to this day," John writes in new book The Queer Bible of John Waters muse. "Divvy’s spirit will linger forever"
Mia Zapata’s Killer Has Died. Peers Remember the Gits Singer’s ‘True Independent Soul’
Jesus Mezquia, the man convicted of the 1993 murder of popular Seattle musician, died in a Washington hospital in January
Angélique Kidjo Is Tapping the Next Generation to Speak Truth to Power
The singer discusses her new album, Mother Nature, and why she's working with young artists from across the African diaspora, from Burna Boy to Earthgang