After smashes like “First Class” and “Lovin on Me,” the artist from Louisville, Ky., is making a true musical shift to intimate, hand-played R&B on his fourth album, “Monica.” ...

It's a definitive look at how three L.A. delinquents forged a new brute funk sound. But Hillel Slovak's tragedy shouldn't have taken the film over.

Kentucky-born rapper Jack Harlow dropped "Monica," an R&B album void of expletives, in a clear departure from projects past.

At 28, the Kanata-based singer-songwriter-bandleader has carved out a thriving career in blues with the Angelique Francis ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; photos: Vince Bucci, Michael Loccsiano, Kevin C. Cox, Elsa / Getty Images No sport embodies hip-hop more than basketball. No music genre embodies ...

“Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” is the second installment in VH1’s Love & Hip Hop docu-soap franchise. According to a description of the series from FuboTV, “the show takes to Atlanta the tale of striving ...

Five months after its midseason finale, the hit “Love & Hip Hop” reality series “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta” returns with Season 13B, premiering Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Cord-cutters can ...

Both services carry MTV, so you can tune in live at 8 p.m. and keep up with all the twists as they unfold. The tension is at an all-time high in Atlanta. Salma attempts to shut down the cheating ...

Hip-hop is back on top in 2026. Late last year, Billboard reported that hip-hop's market share dropped from 30 percent in 2020 to 24 percent in 2025, which sparked debates among fans and critics about ...

It’s more like the Hall of Hard Feelings for the Demon. Gene Simmons is again sticking his tongue out at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for allowing hip-hop artists to snag a spot in rock’s most ...

The KISS frontman slammed the institution for including rap and hip-hop artists: "I don't come from the ghetto, it doesn't speak my language." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Gene Simmons says ...

In celebration of Black History Month, a photo installation at Brooklyn Borough Hall is putting “Brooklyn’s Finest: Legends in Focus” in the spotlight, paying homage to Brooklyn’s hip-hop history and ...