Music

George Brown, drummer and co-founder of Kool & The Gang, dead at 74

Cassie’s lawsuit against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is the latest chapter in hip-hop’s uncomfortable history with #MeToo

Explosive lawsuit details years of alleged abuse by the Bad Boy Records founder

The enduring allure of Jay-Z’s ‘The Black Album’

One of Jay-Z’s most important projects turns 20

SZA leads the 2024 Grammy nominations as women outpace men in the leading categories

New Edition announces Las Vegas residency dates starting in 2024 after touring for two years

Kendrick Lamar plans to bring major concerts to Africa through new Global Citizen initiative

The ‘unseen VJ’ describes how BET’s ‘Rap City’ got off the ground

Alvin Jones used a string of specials over school vacations as the foundation for the network’s long-running show

Drake made an album for the Kevin Samuels generation

On ‘For All the Dogs,’ Drake continues to regress into misogyny

Usher and Erykah Badu show us fashion’s video game moment

Those oversize pieces and eye-popping colors are moving from our phones to the runway