With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop - from a new Syd joint to Toosii and YoungBoy Never Broke Again's new ...

In the ’80s, Bad Brains famously fused punk, reggae, funk, and metal, and inspired numerous bands across rock, metal, hip-hop, and alternative music. Their ethos of a “Positive Mental Attitude” (PMA) ...

Who cares if summer’s over? You can feel the cool breeze of these yacht rock (or yacht rock-adjacent) songs any time you wish.

MaceyOMaze, (left), a 22-year-old Fields Corner native, teamed up with Boston hip-hop pioneer Edo.G (center) to record “Father’d A Child,” which recalled the older rapper’s 1991 hit, “Be A Father To ...

On “Act My Age,” off Ice Cube’s latest album Man Up, he and Scarface disregard any negative talk about growing older. As Cube tells us over Zoom, they were inspired to make a song to go against the “ ...

Today, the hip hop world celebrates the 60th birthday of Dana Dane, one of Brooklyn’s most influential MCs and a true pioneer of storytelling rap. Born Dana McLeese, the rapper rose to prominence in ...

When you walk into Roseburg Square’s newest retail shop, you may not be able to immediately point out who’s in charge. That is by design, Broken Records owner Shavin Jit said, because “it’s more about ...

Hip-hop is a cultural movement: A synthesis of cumulative Black artistic expression, urban hardship and resiliency born out of marginalization. Out of block parties in The Bronx, New York, in the ...

Deep Ellum’s sidewalks are baking just after 6 p.m. on a Sunday as the neighborhood’s bars gradually blink themselves awake, ready for a night of live music, dancing and drinks this Juneteenth weekend ...