The Courant’s arts picks for Feb. 16-22 include Boston-based hip-hop and blues acts, a benefit for trans rights, The Lox ...

I went to a Restraining Order show at the Crystal Palace, a Richmond punk house that has since burned down. I got there before Grand Scheme, the first band on the bill, started their set. It looked ...

Kendrick Lamar's ascent in the music world showcases his unique blend of lyrical dexterity and social insight. Initially ...

The loss of Irv Gotti, who died last week at the age of 54, is immense. The Hollis, Queens native was a relic from an era when being a hip-hop multi-hyphenate wasn’t about diversifying your portfolio ...

Here are a few things you may not have known about Kendrick Lamar's including his age and what his net worth is.

"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...

Rod Stewart, the 80-year-old music legend, received widespread praise for his electrifying performance at the FireAid benefit concert in Los Angeles on January 30, 2025. Fans were left in awe not ...

He often jumped from job to job, from washing cars to reselling earrings and bandanas at a markup to kids in his school ... hip-hop’s elite—and captivated Jain. At just 12 years old ...

In August 2024, music producer 9th Wonder proposed a new “Adult Contemporary” category for rap music. A month prior, 52-year-old Common and 54-year-old producer Pete Rock had released “The Auditorium, ...

A reputed member of a Lynn-based drug gang that poses as a rap music label will plead guilty ... Members recruit “juvenile and high school age associates” to help them in their violent rivalry ...

A 40-year-old man died allegedly by suicide a day before ... separately for past seven to eight months. The wife, a private school teacher, had filed for divorce and allegedly demanded ₹20 ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 and has been updated. Nobody does old-school restaurants like New Jersey. (Shaddup, Brooklyn.) Ancient-wallpaper, faded-menu ...