Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

Lil Wayne shook the game up once again by dropping off his latest album Tha Carter VI. To celebrate the release, Weezy also ...

Cash Money joints and Tha Carter III leaks to irresistible beat-jacks, we went through over a thousand Lil Wayne songs—these ...

Pac was a great rapper; here, Wayne’s better. –Jayson Buford Listen: Lil Wayne, “I’m a Ridah” A few times a year, a screen grab of an ancient article from Vibe Magazine titled “The 77 ...

Kendrick Lamar was the top winner on Monday at the BET Awards, an awards ceremony honouring Black actors, singers and sports ...

Born on March 15, 1943, in Denton, Texas, Sylvester Stewart came from a family of devout Christians who took their beliefs ...

Southern rapper Lil Wayne was booked in Yuma, Ariz. on three felony drug charges Wednesday morning. Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was being held at the Yuma County ...

For this month’s ‘Made in Africa’ column, we list the music from across the African diaspora we’re taking into the summer ...