Funk You Up” had a playful chorus that mimicked a game of musical chairs: “Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, ...

Both Nas and DJ Premier are on hip-hop’s Mt. Rushmore, especially for those of us who came up listening to hip-hop in the ...

The hip-hop trio will help ring in the New Year at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino in Highland on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

There is no debate that Queens’ own Nicki Minaj completely modernized rap with her versatility and bold lyricism. Born in ...

Johnson is talking about his years of “dirt hustling,” when he sold stapled and Xeroxed copies of his zine Unsigned and Hella ...

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

Artists like Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift dominated the world of music in 2025. We took a look back at the year’s most ...

Unlike the past few years where there were clearly dominant pop music storylines like the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef or ...

Benjamin Kath, who records under the name Ben Jammin Beats, is a Twin Cities–based producer known for crafting hip-hop instrumentals that balance warmth, grit, and emotion.

To fully grasp the band Soul Coughing and their debut album, Ruby Vroom, whose mix of hip-hop beats, samples, jazz, and rock sounded wildly fresh in the early days of “alternative music,” it helps to ...

The Boy Is Mine Tour hit Kaseya Center with powerhouse vocals, guest stars, and a heartfelt tribute to Whitney Houston.

From a folk song with purpose from Buffalo Nichols to Trapper Schoepp's strongest album to date, these were the best local music releases of the year.