The Compton rapper fashioned the Super Bowl halftime show as his victory lap, taking the culture to new heights and his pettiness to new lows.

For more than a decade, aspiring musical artists have hoped to catch fire on streaming services and social media. In the ...

Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different maverick of Black ...

February 5, 2025 • Critics point out the apparent hypocrisy of a pro-Black rapper like Kendrick Lamar headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, since the NFL isn't exactly an institution that's ...

The Houston rapper's newest hit is the 83rd song in chart history to debut at the very top of Billboard's Hot 100. More than half of the songs to achieve the feat have done so in the last five years.

That moment sparked his deep love of music, which he pursued after returning to his home country. Fahim eventually received a ...

January 11, 2025 • Charlie's Music Shop is an old-time radio program hosted by Charlie McMullen and featuring popular music and American standards from the 1940s and 50s.

Watch Faye Webster perform songs from 'Under Dressed at the Symphony' and other highlights during her NPR Tiny Desk visit.

Now, with "Cowboy Carter," she's nominated for 11 Grammys and the first Black woman to top country music charts. How Beyonce fits into the long history of Black women in country music.

off-the-radar love songs you can include in a playlist or mixtape for that special someone. Alt.Latino host Anamaria Sayre and NPR Music editor Lars Gotrich joins host Robin Hilton.

He was named NPR's Mexico City correspondent in 2022. Before that, he was based in Cape Town, South Africa. He started his journalism career as a pop music critic and after a few newspaper stints ...