The Roots Picnic — the once Philly-centric Black music festival, which over 16 years has become a perennial soft launch for the summer concert season here in the Northeast — can now safely be thought of as a national event. Atlanta’s Gunna graces the same stage as North Carolina’s Fantasia Barrino. St. Louis natives Smino...

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Tinashe’s hit “Nasty” is everywhere. The musician brought the infectious tune to late-night television earlier this week; in addition to being viral on TikTok, the track has been absurdly remixed with Beach House’s “Space Song” by users on the platform. On Friday, Janet Jackson performe...

The classic hip-hop movie Beat Street premiered in theaters 40 years ago this month. On Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival, rap great Nas announced he will be helping on a musical adaptation with Arthur Baker.

Last night, both members of Steely Dan, Donald Fagen and the late Walter Becker, were inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. They were part of an induction class that included Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey, Dean Pitchford, and all four members of R.E.M. (As part of the induction ceremony, those R.E.M. members all performed together for the fir...