On March 1, 2025, the music world mourned the loss of Angie Stone, a celebrated singer and songwriter who left an indelible ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from IDK, Reason, and TiaCorine. The avalanche of new releases in hip-hop continued this week, albeit at a slightly slower rate than ...

Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I ...

Johns Hopkins' Multi-Talented Professor Pioneers First-Ever Hip-Hop Degree Program Wendel Patrick's visionary Bachelor’s Degree in Hip-Hop launches in Fall '25 ...

Today, we honor Ralph McDaniels, the pioneering VJ, producer and filmmaker who turns 66 years old. As the founder and host of ...

Strings, brass and percussion are at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, but now, there's a new member to the ...

After having success as a member of the Sequence, an early female rap group, she re-emerged in the 1990s as a practitioner of sultry, laid-back R&B.

And even though Jadakiss is praising Kendrick Lamar, he's also discouraging other artists from attempting to replicate his ...

According to Wallace, there is a strong intersection between spoken word poetry and hip-hop music. “The elements of hip hop … ...

In honor of Black History Month, The Current is exploring the origins of Black music in America, what came after, and how it ...

She Who Won't Be Named, one of the best rappers in Denver, is hosting a weekly meet-up for both seasoned and new performers.

Released in the late 1980s, “Word to the Mother (Land)” arrived at a pivotal moment in hip-hop. The genre was evolving beyond ...