"Definitely caught me off-guard for sure, it's crazy," GELO tells Billboard of his meteoric rise to rap stardom. "I'm here ...

Record executive and music producer Irv Gotti, best known for founding the Murder Inc. label, has died. He was 54. A cause of ...

Florida rapper Doechii is on fire after her first Grammy. She released a song about it the next day and is on the hosting ...

Lawrence. 52 artists along with opening acts from around the world will take their Spring tours to Massachusetts Street. Make ...

Lawrence. 52 artists along with opening acts from around the world will take their Spring tours to Massachusetts Street. Make ...

The list we present here follows love’s movement through nearly four decades of hiphop, from Man Parrish to Missy Elliott.

Welcome to Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, Tom Ley Israel ...

Florida native Doechii brought down the house during the 2025 Grammy Awards and made history. Here's what to know about ...

Doechii has dropped a new single, “Nosebleeds.” The swaggering track arrived only hours after the rapper scored the Grammy for Best Rap Album for her debut full-length Alligator Bites Never Heal. The ...

Only a very small number of Black artists have ever built sustained careers in country music — and white male hip-hop artists ...

Kendrick Lamar is cementing his name in the history books. The 37-year-old rapper took home five honors at the 2025 Grammys on Sunday. Overall, Lamar has been nominated 57 times for a Grammy and is ...

Be it Phoenix egg punk or Euro synth-pop, here is every album you should have spun in January.