The latest New Music Friday arrives as a powerful testament to hip-hop’s enduring ability to reinvent itself while honoring its roots. This week’s releases showcase an impressive spectrum of artistic ...

What’s most responsible for the star MC’s improved performance? And what other long-awaited hip-hop albums could meet with similarly explosive opening returns? Billboard staffers discuss these ...

For Austin Rapbaum, consistency is key. It’s his brand: If there’s something you enjoy doing, figure out a way to just show up daily, he says. So in late 2018, the New Orleans-based rapper and ...

Sly Stone, a legendary musician who helped propel funk to its elevated heights in the realm of Black music, has died. Hip-Hop artists of various eras have sampled Sly Stone’s work over the years, and ...

Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...