During the meme stock/non-fungible token (NFT) mania of 2021, I was working for a website that covered the stock market. Every week, there would be a new series of 8-bit avatars or AI-generated images ...

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Signed to Playboi Carti’s Opium label, Ken Carson is leading a new wave of rap by blending high-energy beats, experimental ...

Rico Nasty is constantly evolving. When the world first met the Maryland rapper, she was hip-deep in the “sugar trap” subgenre she’d invented — think Lil Uzi Vert’s woozy cloud rap with much more ...

In times of turmoil, music can clarify a moment and a feeling, or at least briefly cut through the noise. And as California has been under siege by newly aggressive federal immigration enforcement by ...

The rapper, who has become one of hip-hop’s leading stars, presided over a sweaty tangle of young men outfitted in black and ecstatically moshing. Critic’s Pick The rapper, who has become one of ...

This is a new series on All Songs Considered, hosted by NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor. Most of what you hear on All ...

Sunday night’s Prophets of Rage concert at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre was a potent reminder of a time when the combination of rap and hard rock wasn’t the sole province of dullards and when music ...