With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from ...

Jasmine "Jazz" Young expanded her global footprint with VRTEXX, a label built to elevate West African artists onto the world stage.

This is about saluting the people who built the culture and giving that recognition directly from the fans, where it truly belongs.” — Russell “Russ Prez” Pressley, Power Over Everything Live BROOKLYN ...

North Miami rapper Jeff Stones made our Best Miami Albums of 2025 list with his stunning full-length Rather Be Distant 3 — and already seems determined to make waves again in 2026 with the vibrant and ...

Art has always been subjective in the eyes of many, but every painting has a story behind it. Painter Muhammad Yungai has ...

21 Savage went viral after he was filmed clinging to a wall while walking beside Kendall Jenner at the 2026 Super Bowl event.

Kid 'n Play are now in The Criterion Collection as their movie, House Party, solidifies its place in Black film history.

As Black History Month gets underway, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is asking us to listen deeply. "People of African descent — no matter where we are, wherever we've been — we've been in, ...

What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

David Hastings Dunn has previously received funding from the ESRC, the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the Open Democracy Foundation and has previously been both a NATO and a Fulbright Fellow. One year into ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Justin Bieber sees catalog smashes “Let Me Love You” and “Sorry” ...

Latto fires back at Fivio Foreign after he used her old video amid his beef with 21 Savage, calling out his desperate grab for attention. Latto shut down Fivio Foreign after the Brooklyn rapper ...