How do DJs and MCs coax people onto the dance floor at office parties, bat mitzvahs and weddings? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to an MC, Chris Schultz, about the best tricks for working the crowd.

Many of those fans, accustomed to overpromised and underdelivered pipe dreams, scanned a lineup that included new material ...

In the midst of all the political turmoil of 2025, there came a song that gave us hope. “Golden,” released in early July off ...

The long-promised collaborative album between hip-hop luminaries Nas and DJ Premier finally hits on the last major new music ...

Our prayers have been answered: Meredith Marks is bringing her newfound DJ career to Denver.

Jerkin' was what happened when you used asphalt as your dance floor and your hometown as your playground, proving the city is ...

Darnell Mooney walked over to the iPad in the Atlanta Falcons locker room on a Friday afternoon last month. Zach Bryan's "Something in the Orange" was playing, a rare country music song blaring over ...

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website. It’s a bold choice to bring Harriet Tubman into rap conversations ...

An "On Air" sign is shown as a radio announcer works at the table April 19, 2024 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images) Wednesday is Public Radio Music Day, a day to celebrate ...

YouTube Music has launched AI music hosts in a limited US test via the new YouTube Labs program. This feature provides stories and trivia between songs, directly challenging Spotify’s AI DJ. YouTube ...

If you’re over age gap relationship discourse, good. Because it’s time to talk about a much more troubling dynamic plaguing modern romance: swag gap relationships. The term has been making the rounds ...

After a four-year hiatus, Justin Bieber made an underwhelming return to the music industry with his 2025 albums, “SWAG” and “SWAG II,” released two months apart. With a whopping 44 tracks combined — ...