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Antonin Dvorak predicted that American classical music would draw from African American traditions. A new article wonders why American classical music has remained so white. When the first enslaved Africans landed on American shores in ...
Paras Griffin/Getty Recording artist Bobby Sessions attends “The Hate U Give” Atlanta Red Carpet Screening at Regal Atlantic Station on October 3, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. Bobby Sessions looks like he’s suffocating. His words are ...
Photo Rob New York City hip-hop from past and present both represent heavy this week, while one of rap’s rookies of the year also drops new heat. For today’s New Music Fridays, New York City ...
We’re back at it again today (Sept. 20) with this week’s episode of XXL ‘s Hip-Hop Moments of Clarity podcast , dedicated to deciphering the biggest stories in hip-hop. This week, our hosts tackle 6ix9ine ...
Image via Complex Original As we look forward to this fall’s packed music release schedule, this week held us down with a number of great new singles: DaBaby got introspective on “Intro,” Danny Brown released ...
Image via Getty/Michael Campanella When 6ix9ine took the witness stand at the Nine Trey trial this week, he didn’t hold back. Testifying against members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, and laying out the gang’s ...
Khalid grins broadly at the roiling sea of phones arrayed below him. “Day two at the O2!” exclaims the 21-year-old pop crooner with a bewildered shake of the head. Clad in a cosy argyle jumper, ...
YouTuber Jake Paul is still down to squab with Soulja Boy but claims the rapper doesn’t want the smoke. Paul talked to TMZ in an interview posted on Saturday (Sept. 21), where he addressed his ...
The Bronx rapper shared his thoughts with Ebro Darden. There has been an ongoing conversation in the hip hop culture and beyond regarding ethnic inclusions and exclusions of Latinos in the Caribbean. The most recent, ...
MTV’s Video Music Awards saw performances from some of music’s biggest stars, including Taylor Swift and Lil Nas X . It also honored them, with Swift earning multiple awards, including one for video of the ...
