The genre proves to be very much alive and well with The Recording Academy unveiling the 2026 Grammy nominations on Friday (Nov. 7). By Carl Lamarre On Friday (Nov. 7), the Recording Academy unveiled ...

As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending a streak that's lasted for over 35 years. By Andrew Unterberger With ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...

The Repayment Assistance Plan will replace existing income-driven repayment plans starting in 2026. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate ...

Alaynna Doty became a viral hit rapping Project Pat’s “Chickenhead” at a Mississippi restaurant and now she is reacting to her new fame. A 9-year-old rapped with confidence and charisma at a packed ...

Zohran Mamdani's win over former New York governor Andrew Cuomo represents a victory for the new guard, progressive wing of the Democratic Party, but his record in public service could leave much to ...

Scarlett Johansson showed the Please Don't Destroy boys the pleasures of flying first class this week on Saturday Night Live — and showed them she's got bars, too. Johannson, who hosted Saturday's SNL ...

Rank Wood rapped the 2011 Chris Brown song to put his young daughter to sleep Sara Belcher is a digital news writer/editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

One of the first albums I downloaded to my bulky iPod Classic as a teenager was Curren$y’s Pilot Talk. The song that brought me there was the smoker’s anthem ...

Freddie Gibbs wishes he had taken a different route in life. During a conversation with students at the University of California, Berkeley, the ESGN founder opened up about his music career as a ...

On Friday (Oct. 18), Mexican artist Chino Pacas released his new album Que Sigan Llegando las Pacas, which surprisingly features Drake on the song "Modo Capone" with Fuerza Regida. However, instead of ...

Monaleo was feeling discouraged. “I was struggling with getting started on certain songs, I didn’t know what to say,” she says. She was in the studio but stuck in her head, chewing over the comment ...