The Opener is The FADER’s short-form profile series of casual conversations with exciting new artists.

ElevenLabs, an AI voice-cloning company, is trying to court artists by offering them a way to monetize their likenesses ...

Finnish producer-artist Misha joins forces with Grammy-nominated R&B/Soul vocalist BeMyFiasco on ‘Back to Myself,’ a richly ...

One of the most influential voices of the seminal magazine The Source, he chronicled rap’s rise and its explosion into the ...

YNW Melly just scored a huge legal win … because prosecutors in Florida dropped witness tampering charges against him on the cusp of his trial. The “Murder On My Mind” rapper was set to stand trial on ...

Don’t Be Dumb finds A$AP Rocky reconciling eight years of personal growth, artistic influence, and belated social awareness, ...

NBA star Kyrie Irving spent $11,001 for LaRussell's new album as the rapper aims to sell 100,000 copies independently. On Jan. 1, Bay Area rapper announced he was selling his new album, Something's in ...

Kyrie Irving is putting his money where his mouth is by supporting one of Hip-Hop’s most promising independent acts. As LaRussell once said, “Billboard can’t count my spins, I’m out the trunk.” He has ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Take a walk down memory lane — and try to quell your disbelief — with the following list of 40 classic rock and metal albums turning 40 in 2026. Nineteen eighty-six was a great time to be an ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

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