Everybody was moaning at this sold-out San Francisco concert

On Thursday, CupcakKe played a sold-out show at Public Works, as part of San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival. If she harbored ...

12 years ago, she made an X-rated hit. In San Francisco, fans knew every word.

This article originally published at 12 years ago, she made an X-rated hit. In San Francisco, fans knew every word..

BigXthaPlug and 600 Entertainment Make Noise for Texas With ‘6WA’

BigXthaPlug and his 600 Entertainment crew are representing Texas and saluting West Coast legends with their new mixtape and ...

Eight Things We Learned About Breaking Into the Music Biz From SXSW’s New Docuseries

Kaash Paige started making music in high school. Her father had a background in the music business already, so she asked him ...

Bruno Mars Makes a Leisure Suit of a Record With ‘The Romantic,’ Doubling Down on Silk Sonic’s Hermetically Sealed ’70s Revivalism: Album Review

On his first solo album in 10 years, 'The Romantic,' Bruno Mars is basically offering a sequel to the '70s soul-revivalism he did with Silk Sonic.

The Athletic: How Shaquille O'Neal and Damian Lillard made it in hip-hop as NBA stars

Shaquille O'Neal and Damian Lillard are the two who have generated the staying power to make it as an NBA standout and as a ...

How Shaquille O’Neal and Damian Lillard made it in hip-hop as NBA stars

Shaquille O'Neal and Damian Lillard are the two who have generated the staying power to make it as an NBA standout and as a hip-hop artist.
WHYY

Philly’s DA announces plans to charge 19 people accused in deadly gang shootings tied to ‘violent drill rap’

Prosecutors allege the rival gangs created music videos about the shootings and used the YouTube ad revenue to fund further crimes.

Rapper Lil Poppa dies by suicide at 25, distraught fans respond with heartfelt tributes

The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office in Georgia told TMZ that the 25-year-old artist was pronounced dead on Wednesday ...

Bad Bunny's halftime show influences the pop charts

The Super Bowl halftime show continues to bring attention to Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny. This week, he's all over the Billboard charts. Stephen Thompson of NPR Music breaks it down.
CNN

An aspiring rapper is accused of throwing acid in a woman’s face. Prosecutors say his music video helped incriminate him

Nafiah Ikram was in the driveway of her home on New York’s Long Island one evening when she felt someone rush up behind her. A liquid splashed her in the face. She screamed for her father. “I started ...
New York Post

Wannabe rapper busted for throwing acid in Long Island college student’s face, boasted about attack in song: officials

A wannabe rapper was busted for a long-unsolved acid attack that left a Long Island college student blind in one eye – after authorities used the hip-hop half-wit’s cringey song lyrics to track him ...