Demonstrations against the American president's authoritarian drift took place on the same day as the military parade Donald ...

Swayvee’s journey from Port Harcourt battle rap arenas to Afropop virality was as unexpected as it was intentional.

The rap world continues to buzz as Lil Wayne makes his next strategic move. Following the release of his highly anticipated ...

- Growing up in Iowa and a Hawkeye fan, you also grew up disliking, in better terms, Nebraska. My favorite memory as a ...

Okyeame Quophi, formerly of the rap group Akyeame, snubbed his partner, Okyeame Kwame, and named Sarkodie as the greatest ...

Few artists in modern hip-hop have left a mark as strange and explosive as Young Thug—an undeniably intriguing musician.

In this month's Beat Construction, The FADER spoke with N.Y.C.-based producer Laron about his work with Jay Critch, MIKE, and how his sound stays hungry.

The school is decorated like a castle and its mascot is a dragon. There are trap doors to navigate, secret corridors to ...

The obscure genre of library music was way more important to the growth of modern-day tunes than one might think.

The OG of Stark County's Country Fest is back. Dierks Bentley kicked off the event in 2010, and he'll headline it again this weekend.

It may not seem like a rap song, but R.E.M.'s 1987 hit It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) has a fast ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about ...