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The article focuses on U.S. rapper, singer and songwriter Dominique Jones, known professionally as Lil Baby, from Atlanta, Georgia. He was a weed dealer whose clients included rappers before he became a famous rapper himself. He also describes his experiences of police brutality and a system where judges unfairly treats African Americans. more...

The article offers various popular culture features, including information on actress Julia Fox, director Janicza Bravo, and musician Beabadoobee.

The article features U.S. rapper Megan Thee Stallion. Her song "Hot Girl Summer" became a chart-topping hit and a catchphrase. She knew she wanted to become a rapper by her freshman year of college. She and two of her friends became celebrities while attending Prairie View A&M University in Houston, Texas due to their short twerking videos posted online. According to the rapper, she wants to show her sensitive side through her new album "Suga." more...

AFTER FORMING at Columbia University, the boat-shoe-wearing blog-loved indie-pop crew toned down the sunny globe-trotting guitars of their 2008 debut and stared down quarter-life crisis with a broodingly lovely album of reflections on morality, God, uncertainty, and romantic decay; fittingly, they debuted Modern Vampire's first single, "Unbelievers", dressed as skeletons on late-night TV just days after Hurricane Sandy shut down New York, and on songs like "Diane Young" and "Hannah Hunt", Ezra Koenig turns the search for faint glints of redemption in his own emotional wreckage into a drama of Dylan-esque grandeur. More impressive was the way she made her sonic wanderlust feel urgent, sculpting some of her most immediate songs, like the vulnerable, shimmering "Kiss It Better" and the Drake duet "Work", and how she capped off the album with a smoldering run of modern torch ballads. RECORDED in a secrecy that made the Manhattan Project look like a chill hang, Beyoncé's self- titled fifth album was the mother of all surprise releases when it hit in 2013 - an especially insane feat since Beyoncé came with a blockbuster visual album as well. My favorite album of the 2010s was: Beyoncé's 4, just because it has one of my favorite songs of all time, "Countdown.". [Extracted from the article] more...

Then Bieber hopped on the remix and the most popular mostlyin- Spanish song ever was born. IN THE EARLY 2010s, as R&B artists chased the hip-hop and EDM zeitgeist, this California upstart showed up out of nowhere sounding like a singer from another era; Miguel exuded the style and grace of a Motown romantic on his plush debut slow jam, a song that felt sweetly old-school right down to its anachronistic-sounding title. Considering the song's almost scientifically pop precision, it's no surprise its recording involved reworking the song "four or five" times to nail "that euphoric feeling of having a teenage love, all over again". WHERE WE HEARD IT Early in the decade, singers inexplicably started yelling "Wa-oh-wa-oh" in their songs - Katy Perry on "California Gurls", Kesha on "Tik Tok", Frank Ocean on "Ivy.". [Extracted from the article] more...

The article lists 25 music industry innovators for 2019 according to the journal "Rolling Stone," including Spotify Chief content officer Dawn Ostroff, Jacob Pace, CEO of Flighthouse, and Anne Kavanagh, CEO of Steereo, which pays ride-sharing drivers to play independent artists' music. more...

This section profiles several music artists in the U.S. Topics explored include the success earned by the 2018 music album "Whack World," by rapper Tierra Whack, the hip-hop and old-school disco music features of the album "Heaven on Earth," launched by reggae group The No-Maddz, and the distinct quality of the music by hip-hop artist Roddy Ricch. more...

The article discusses the life and career of record producer Noah Shebib, better known as 40. Topics explored include the way he dealt with the health-related challenges associated with being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the distinct characteristics of his music particularly the ones he produced for rapper Drake, and his future plans such as learning about music score production, opening more music studios, and working on the foundation focused on youth violence prevention. more...

The article discusses an interview with American rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie about his career and accomplishments. Topics explored include the recorded physical sales of his music album "Hoodie SZN" in late 2018, the notable music streaming record earned by the same album, and having a daughter with social media influencer Ella Rodriguez. more...

The article features musician Juvenile and the developments in his career as of December 2020, including his shift to home-furniture design during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The article focuses on George Floyd, the African American man who was murdered by a Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer on May 25, 2020. The author discusses Floyd's time living in Houston, Texas, examines his affiliation within the Houston rap scene as "Big Floyd," and explores how his death impacted the Black Lives Matter movement. more...

The article details how Nigerian rapper and singer Rema started his career.

The article discusses the evolution of DaBaby's career in hip-hop, who was born Jonathan Lyndale Kirk in North Carolina and wore a diaper to market himself at 2017's South by Southwest (SXSW).

The article profiles the hip hop group Brockhampton, discussing their work on a new album to follow the 2018 release "Iridescence."

The article reports on the book "Contact High" by Vikki Tobak which features photographs of rap musicians of the 1990s.

The article features U.S. rapper Rylo Rodriguez.

The article describes the success of U.S. rapper Roddy Ricch's song "The Box," which topped the "Rolling Stone" Top 100 Songs chart in the first five weeks of 2020.

After being featured in Netflix rom-com Someone Great, "Truth Hurts" became the summer's most unstoppable breakup anthem, and with punchlines like "You're 'posed to hold me down, but you're holding me back/And that's the sound of me not calling you back", a self-love declaration for the ages. LIKE SO MANY songs in the Swift's pantheon, "Cruel Summer" rides the knife edge of a crush - reckless, anticipating the crash, but consumed by the feeling. "I FEEL THIS is the first time there is pure Afro-beats from Nigeria in the pop scene", Nigerian singer Mr Eazi said of "Como Un Bebe", his killer collaboration with Bad Bunny and Colombian reggaeton king J Balvin. [Extracted from the article] more...

EILISH DISMANTLED and rebuilt the pop song on her debut LP. DEL REY'S latest, greatest effort is a lush soft-rock album in the style of 1970s Laurel Canyon, filled with characters whose dreams have long gone up in wild- fire smoke. "I love that we have songs on this album about shattering female stereotypes to a gay country love song, and songs about losing loved ones", Morris told Rolling Stone ahead of the LP's release. [Extracted from the article] more...

The article focuses on rapper Lil Keed and his album "Long Live Mexico."

The article offers popular culture news briefs as of July 2019. Students walked out of high schools around the world as part of a Global Climate Strike. The social media platform TikTok played a role in the success of the song "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X. Teenagers are increasingly using a variety of chatting software to communicate. more...

The article discusses the drill subgenre of rap music originating from Chicago, Illinois and artists such as Calboy and Polo G.

The article reports on the new use of sampled music in rap recordings.