Turning poetic pens into megaphones, hip hop has always announced the realities of environments where poverty, crime, ...

The book that inspired today’s playlist, the cultural critic Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name,” isn’t about music per se. As its subtitle attests, it is mostly “a memoir of transition,” centered ...

For SNL50: The Anniversary Special, Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard joined forces with The Roots to pay tribute to the late ...