At the turn of the millennium, Irv Gotti – who died Wednesday at age 54 – helped bring a new class of hip-hop and R&B acts to ...

Critics’ picks for entertainment in the week ahead.

An influential techno hip-hop innovator who helped usher in chillwave, Bay Area singer/producer/rapper Chaz Bear has stuck his lightly bobbing toes into mainstream waters in recent years via ...

Robert Plant had already been through one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time, but he knew there were certain ...

If ya needed any more indication Kendrick Lamar will perform "Not Like Us" on the world's biggest stage, the Super Bowl LIX halftime performer walked out to his pre-show presser ...

The members of Guns N' Roses will always be defined by the music made with the band, but that's not all they've done ...

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

Johnnie Walker (JW), a platinum sponsor of the Trace Music Awards (TMA), will host an unforgettable event when Trace honours the SA nominees for the Trace Awards 2025. This event will take place ...

According to him, rappers are no longer making meaningful music. The billionaire mogul said there’s no information in the current rap songs that benefits him in increasing his fortune.

Breakout hip-hop star Doechii took home the prize ... of which peaked at No. 10 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The rapper dazzled with razor-sharp choreography and a lightning-fast ...

‘Not heard from Example in ages from what I remember he’s a very good rapper as it turns out can also sing’, wrote RebeccaHindle_C. In a post-show Q&A, Example shared the thought process ...