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Byline: Jon Caramanica If March 11 - the date the NBA suspended its season and Tom Hanks announced he'd contracted the coronavirus - was when it became clear that the [...]

In 1993, the R&B group performed on an ''MTV Unplugged'' devoted to Harrell's Uptown Records. ''Lately'' was a master class. In the most memorable performance of his career, K-Ci Hailey [...]

He founded the influential label Uptown Records and gave a first break to Sean Combs, who would go on to become one of hip-hop's signature moguls. Andre Harrell, an innovative [...]

If March 11 -- the date the NBA suspended its season and Tom Hanks announced he'd contracted the coronavirus -- was when it became clear that the pandemic would be [...]

''Dark Lane Demo Tapes'' is a collection of rough drafts about the struggles of success and hints at what his next album might sound like. Credit Drake for being both [...]

Byline: Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica and Giovanni Russonello, The NewYork Times The Rolling Stones, 'Living in a Ghost Town' A song the Rolling Stones had worked on last year, 'Living [...]

The pandemic has engendered new ways to flex. One minor but ubiquitous consequence of the global disruption caused by the coronavirus has been the emergence of a quarantine aesthetic for [...]

How Does a New Yawker Tawk? For a city whose residents have been cooped inside for weeks, taking to pot-and-pan clanging, conch-shell blowing and clapping out of windows to express [...]

The Bronx musician was a forceful presence on mixtapes, filling his rhymes with clever punch lines. This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the [...]

Byline: Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica, Wesley Morris and Lindsay Zoladz 'Fetch the Bolt Cutters,' the singer and songwriter's first album since 2012, is a bold, cathartic, challenging masterpiece. Our critics [...]

Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki are building a world of animated anxiety and resistance aimed at phones. Quarantine has soft edges: hours pass without notice, days are a construct. Here [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica On his second new album in five months, 'Pray 4 Love,' the 21-year-old musician shows why his cross-pollination of singing and rapping is unique. The piano at [...]

On his second new album in five months, ''Pray 4 Love,'' the 21-year-old musician shows why his cross-pollination of singing and rapping is unique. The piano at the beginning of [...]

''Toosie Slide'' is one of a few new hip-hop songs that weren't songs first -- they were ideas spreading on social media. Drake's new single ''Toosie Slide'' was released on [...]

The exotic-animal keepers of Netflix's hit true-crime series seem to be remaking themselves in the image of their animal compatriots. Of all the shocks in the new Netflix true-crime series [...]

He was known for his ballads and honky-tonk singles, like ''Home'' and ''Pickup Man.'' On Friday, he announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. This obituary is part [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica The rapper's long-awaited second studio album, 'Eternal Atake,' and the deluxe version that followed provide rowdy thrills. Lil Uzi Vert, perhaps the defining rap star of the [...]

New albums by two of Latin pop's biggest stars find them chasing inspiration in opposite directions, with contrasting results. ''Safaera'' arrives in the middle of Bad Bunny's second album, ''YHLQMDLG,'' [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica The actress Gal Gadot assembled celebrities singing John Lennon's anthem on social media. The result is far from inspiring in a time of crisis. You might say [...]

The rapper's long-awaited second studio album, ''Eternal Atake,'' and the deluxe version that followed provide rowdy thrills. Lil Uzi Vert, perhaps the defining rap star of the past few years, [...]

NASHVILLE -- Every time country and hip-hop collide, the Sam Hunt bat-signal goes up. So it was no surprise that last month Hunt found himself in the home studio of [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica NASHVILLE -Â Every time country and hip-hop collide, the Sam Hunt bat-signal goes up. So it was no surprise that last month Hunt found himself in the [...]

The actress Gal Gadot assembled celebrities singing John Lennon's anthem on social media. The result is far from inspiring in a time of crisis. You might say that every crisis [...]

Usually this time of year, reporters and critics for The New York Times are busy covering dance, theater and musical performances at a breakneck pace. Not so this season, shut [...]

Hear tracks by Margo Price, Natalia Lafourcade, Ava Max and others. Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica Three shows in New York are inspired by a transgressive art form. For Parlá, it's a mode of aesthetic innovation; for JR, it's a jumping-off point and [...]

For Parlá, it's a mode of aesthetic innovation; for JR, it's a jumping-off point and a pretense; for Martins, it's a way to connect past and present. It's been refreshing [...]

''Map of the Soul: 7'' demonstrates how the superstar K-pop group has grown into a musical monolith -- and what it might have to leave behind. ''Map of the Soul: [...]

The 20-year-old was killed in a home invasion in Los Angeles, days after his latest album debuted in Billboard's Top 10. Last summer, there was no escaping ''Welcome to the [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica The Dallas rapper found fame with viral dance moves. Now he's slicing and dicing music into post-song creations ripe for TikTok and Triller. DALLAS - On the [...]

He's suffered the pains of superfame for half of his life. Now pop's biggest male star wants to make R&B music and de-stress in an oxygen chamber. The last time [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica He's suffered the pains of superfame for half of his life. Now pop's biggest male star wants to make R&B music and de-stress in an oxygen chamber. [...]

The Dallas rapper found fame with viral dance moves. Now he's slicing and dicing music into post-song creations ripe for TikTok and Triller. DALLAS -- On the January day that [...]

Two emerging post-street-wear brands, 18 East and Adsum, take tentative steps off the internet and into retail. It's getting to the point where when I walk past all the abandoned [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli The documentary 'Miss Americana' pulls back the curtain (slightly) as the pop star grapples with a formidable opponent: the patriarchy. The Taylor Swift enterprise [...]

Hear tracks by Dua Lipa, Meek Mill and Roddy Ricch, Braids and others. Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica A generation of superstars alienated by the awards has abandoned them. But their absence created room for something fresh: pop music's youngest innovators. Tyler, the Creator's performance [...]

Returning with its fourth album after its singer faced an accusation of sexual coercion, a band known for baring it all holds back. Throughout ''Marigold,'' the new album by the [...]

Billie Eilish won big, Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. made a glorious mess, and the show faced the challenge of having to respond quickly to Kobe Bryant's death. The 62nd annual Grammy [...]

She has eight nominations Sunday night, a performance slot and the devotion of fiercely loyal fans. What's behind this Lizzo momentum? Let's discuss. JON PARELES Lizzo enters this year's Grammy [...]

The dozens of categories include many musicians worth discovering. Listen to our critics' picks here. Burna Boy [Video: Watch on YouTube.] Although Burna Boy's ''African Giant'' is nominated for best [...]

Our columnist surveys his lovingly curated closet and finds that there is also joy in letting go. Around 10 years ago to the day, I wrote my first column as [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica Pop music isn't made in a vacuum. Copying isn't always bad. And a new trend pulling more pop stars into courtrooms is a dangerous one. The past [...]

You can still grab tickets for the Strokes at Barclays Center, jazz in the Village or comedy in Brooklyn. Here's where to groove, laugh and ring in 2020. ANNALEIGH ASHFORD [...]

Reissued and repackaged recordings are a chance to reconsider careers and unearth gems. (They also make nice gifts.) 'The Bakersfield Sound' (Bear Family; 10 CDs plus hard-bound book, $179.68) The [...]

The Safdie brothers' movie layers the noise of New York with dialogue and music so effectively, at times you don't even need the visuals. The best running joke in ''Uncut [...]

The death of the 21-year-old rapper, which comes after those of Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, marks the unsatisfying, rapid conclusion of the decade's most promising musical movement. Last year, Juice [...]

Our critics chose the best albums of the year -- a format that is in an increasingly fragile state in pop music. The Triumph of the Weird The best pop [...]

Byline: Jon Caramanica The Museum of Graffiti, the first of its kind, opens in Miami with a ticktock history of the art form's early development MIAMI - When Alan Ket [...]

A new crop of albums has arrived that offer fresh (and not so fresh) takes on seasonal songs and sentiments. There is no strict formula for great holiday music -- [...]