Music

Black Country artist Mickey Guyton made GRAMMYs history Sunday evening as the first black woman to be nominated for a GRAMMY in a Country Music category with song “Black Like Me.” Worth noting sis did this WITHOUT the support of Country Radio. The nomination comes five years after the 37-year-old country singer released her debut […]

The late DMV Artist, Tré Burwell was honored by the Washington, DC Grammy Chapter and the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards!

One of the most decorated awards show is losing out on a top performer. And all signs are pointing to them being at fault. As spotted on The Huffington Post, The Weeknd has had enough with The Grammy Association. This week the Canadian crooner made it clear that they will no longer have access to […]

From his underground freestyles that had cassettetape ribbons poppin' due to heads pressing that "Rewind" button to guest verses that flew under the radar, Big constantly proved that he didn't just have bars, he had bricks of work on deck.

Both as a member of The Roots and as a solo MC, the rapper born Tariq Trotter is in an elite class in the school of rhyming.

There have been a plethora of new genres added to what we call HIP-HOP or RAP, from your typical "mumble" to your smooth "trap-soul" vibes. But, there's one particular genre that's been making noise since it first hit the scene, and we call it Drill music.... 

A clip from VICE's The Story of series is circling the Internet from their seventh episode The Story of "Thong Song" by Sisqó. The 18 minute video details how one of the biggest smash hits during that time came to fruition.

Lauryn Hill has become the first female rapper to sell ten million copies of an album with her debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Twenty years after its release, the album has been certified Diamond. This is a major milestone for Hill and any female rapper to dat

These aren't your ancestors' negro spirituals. 

"Lift Every Every Voice And Sing," a poem written by James Weldon Johnson - often dubbed "The Black National Anthem" - was first performed on Feb. 12, 1900. Here's what you need to know about it.