Brian Wilson is tearing his hair out in his mansion on the hills of Laurel Canyon. He’s gone to the effort of filling his living room with sand, plonking his grand piano in the middle of it, and ...

The track rules Hot Rap Songs just two weeks after his own "Body." By Trevor Anderson Two weeks after he scored his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart, Don Toliver returns to the winner’s ...

To get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day, here are some of The Root’s favorite rap love songs. While hip-hop is often characterized by its bravado and aggression, the genre has also flourished ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY ...

The 1980s were a decade when artists pushed boundaries and challenged social norms through provocative lyrics. While some tracks became cultural touchstones that sparked important conversations about ...

NBA player and team drops have been a part of hip-hop lyrics for more than 50 years. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; photos: Leon Bennett, Ezra Shaw, George De Sota, Emilee Chin / Getty ...

“I said a hip hop, hippie to the hippie, the hip, hip a hop, and you don’t stop, a rock it to the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie, to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat. Now, what you hear ...

You can’t catch a bus in Vancouver without tripping over a struggling indie musician trying to figure out how to turn the pain in their soul into 10,000 Spotify streams and a record deal…or even just ...

With Alien: Romulus out this week, we're resurfacing this op-ed which looks at how the film's director, Fede Álvarez, could be on the verge of getting the Alien franchise back on track. The Alien ...

One of the fun benefits of Disney acquiring Fox is that it’s transformed a whole new wave of comic book crossovers from fanboy dreams into reality. In 2023 we got Predator vs. Wolverine, a miniseries ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is calling on Virginia's Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to ensure local law enforcement cooperates with federal immigration officials by handing over ...

T.I. wasted no time in hitting 50 Cent with another diss track. After previewing his first record, the Atlanta rapper quickly followed up with a second track titled “Right One.” He exclusively ...