Among last night’s most noteworthy BET Awards performances was an all-star tribute to the late, great DMX, who died on April 9. The performers featured in a medley of DMX’s hits included his ’90s superstar peers (Method Man, Busta Rhymes), his Ruff Ryders affiliates (Swizz Beatz, the Lox), his young disciples Grisel...

Behind The Music, the deeply tawdry and entertaining VH1 series about the rises and falls of so many different pop-music careers, is about to return in rebooted form. In a possible-comeback narrative worthy of, well, an episode of Behind The Music, the streaming service Paramount+ is getting ready to launch a new season of the series. Paramount+...

Rap veteran Busta Rhymes has released a new album, Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath Of God, a sequel of sorts to his 1998 album E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front. It was announced back in August with an introduction from Chris Rock and we've already heard the Vybz Kartel and J-Doe featuring…

Kendrick Lamar has been quiet. This year, Kendrick -- our pick for the artist of the 2010s -- was supposed to headline the Glastonbury Festival. That didn't happen. Instead, Kendrick has only stayed active behind the scenes, launching a mysterious new venture called pgLang and laughing off rumors that he's leaving longtime label home TDE.