Music

Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad names Rhiannon Giddens as new artistic director

The North Carolina musician has made a career exploring the Black origins of the banjo and roots music

‘Another Act’: Rapper Saweetie on her summer hit ‘Tap In’ and being an athlete

She also talks about using her platform to inspire others

‘Hamilton,’ which started as a mixtape, eventually got to the real thing

The star-studded soundtrack helped cement hip-hop’s place on Broadway

Five years ago, ‘Hamilton’ turned a revolution into a revelation — what now?

As Black Lives Matter protesters fill the streets, a show that portrays the Founding Fathers as Black and brown men gets its first national broadcast

Hip-hop finally gets the government stamp of approval

The four new postage stamps are dope, but long overdue

‘Another Act’: Big Boi on portraying George Clinton on ‘American Soul’

And why he might be an Oregon Ducks fan

Noname uses ‘Song 33’ to remind us she has her own weight to carry

New song responds to J. Cole using ‘Snow on Tha Bluff’ to tell her how she can help him

‘Another Act’: Queen Latifah on gender and racial equality behind the camera with The Queen Collective, plus her art and activism

Also, a candid conversation on the past and present music that speaks to the times

Rapper Freddie Gibbs delivers lyrical gems in the midst of COVID-19 chaos

His album ‘Alfredo’ adds to one of hip-hop’s great gangsta rap careers