Roxanne Shante Smells Her Flowers With 'Roxanne Roxanne' Biopic
The new Netflix film chronicles the rapper's early career.
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Are Kanye West And Michael Scott From 'The Office' The Same Person? Yes.
The Internet has a great way of merging pieces of pop culture that may seem disparate — to wit, one Kanye West fan is using scenes from the hit NBC comedy to review the Chicago rapper's discography.
Run-DMC, Pauline Oliveros, 'Rumours,' Chic And Beethoven Added To Library Of Congress
This year's batch of inductees bring the Recording Registry up to 500 entries.
Teachers And Those Magical OK Go Videos: A Match Made In Science?
If you're a rock band, and thousands of teachers and students are using your hugely popular music videos in the classroom, Why not help them out?
Is Country Music's Relationship With The NRA Shifting?
The names of featured artists no longer appear on the website of a program linking country music — a genre not known for stepping outside its comfort zone — with the National Rifle Association.
Think Politics Is Gone From Country Music? Listen Closer
Earlier this decade, it seemed like country's political streak had faded. But in the past five years, a handful of artists have displayed a renewed focus on morality that feels quietly revolutionary.
How The Sound Of Country Music Changed
Over the last five years, a gradual evolution — characterized by careful and savvy boundary pushing — has taken hold in a genre where innovation always tugs against preservation.
SXSW 2018 Recap: Hip Hop, Latin Folk and Mexican Barbecue
NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael and Felix Contreras dish about their favorite new discoveries at South by Southwest 2018 over a plate of barbecue.
One Year After A Long Sabbatical, Wolfgang Voigt Returns Yet Again As GAS
The ambient music innovator quickly follows up 2017's Narkopop with Rausch, out May 18.
The Indelible Career Of Gospel Innovator Dr. Bobby Jones
The choirmaster is known as the "Ed Sullivan of gospel" and has helped launch the careers of artists like Kirk Franklin and Yolanda Adams.