As women lit up hip-hop this year, an old idea persisted that only one female MC can wear the crown at a time. Our year-end series continues with an artist determined to coexist without compromise.
NPR Music's year-end interview series continues with a punk singer from the nation's capital, who says most conversations about "political art" are missing the point.
This week, NPR Music is speaking to creators whose work in 2017 captured something unique about a chaotic year. We begin with two musicians whose intertwined careers are a statement in themselves.
Wide Open gets pretty personal, and so did our conversation. McDonald discusses the reality of being a musician in his sixties and what he calls his "first big hurt" (and no, it's not a romantic one).
A law prohibiting unlicensed dancing in New York City lived long past its original intent. DJ and producer Louie Vega celebrates its repeal with a 91-song playlist, one for each year of its lifetime.