Rob Sheffield counts down his 25 favorite songs of 2025, including hits by Taylor Swift, Addison Rae, Kehlani, MJ Lenderman ...

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi ...

After calling for peace between Young Thug and Gunna, 21 Savage ignited a broader debate about street codes and whether rap’s old rules still matter ...

Max B releases his first solo album in four years, Public Domain 7: The Purge.

This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Kali Uchis, Niontay, Lucrecia Dalt, and more. Listen below and follow our ...

Blacc Sam and JP discuss how Nipsey Hussle’s ‘The Marathon’ mixtape grew into a thriving empire across music, fashion, food, ...

Oregon-bred, Nashville-based country singer Max McNown has released his new EP, Both Sides of The Blade. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Questions confronting the music business in 2026 are many. Here, Billboard writers look ahead to ponder questions around Live ...

The New York Times named Sleep Token's Caramel best song of 2025. Meanwhile, metal fans wage war over whether the band even ...

Long before Timothée Chalamet was suspected to be rapper EsDeeKid, the actor had an alter ego known as Lil Timmy Tim Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has ...

He played young Bob Dylan, young Willy Wonka, and now he could be a young rapper. Timothee Chalamet broke his silence about the rumors that he secretly moonlights as British rapper EsDeeKid. “I got no ...