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Like many hyper-online rappers today, the UK’s fakemink is incredibly prolific; he released dozens of new songs last year, cultivating a distinctive “luxury and dirty” sound. But “Easter Pink,” the ...

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Boom laka laka laka! Boom laka laka laka!” It’s hard to believe that there was a time when such an utterance was unknown to ...

The Sun Ra Arkestra leader is releasing his first solo album at age 100. Plus, Questlove's 'Sly Lives,' and funk, soul- ...

The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees list is out, and hip hop and rap fans have reason to celebrate with some of the genre’s most influential artists receiving recognition. Among the first-time ...

For decades hardcore punk was a subculture. Now, bands like Turnstile and Knocked Loose are giving the scene wide exposure — gatekeepers be damned.

The Grammy Award–winning bandleader for The Roots spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his film on the funk musician who led Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and '70s.