On July 3, 1996, Roland Emmerich’s disaster epic Independence Day paid off months of hype to become an instant box-office smash. It was not just the highest-grossing film of the year, but one of the ...

Bronx before it became a global movement — including some perspective from rap critic and native New Yorker Alphonse Pierre on why it's still best when close to home. Hip-hop’s origin story is ...

Vanity Fair reports from the Capitol Hill conference, where members of a sprawling community of national security experts and ...

Hop” (Backbeat Books, 2026). I felt dumb for never making the connection until now. Rap and punk, argues critic Carlo ...

Now, GloRilla has officially released “MANE,” featuring Shiesty, along with an accompanying video. The track — produced by London Jae, Squat Beats, and B100 — finds the two rappers celebrating their ...

Oliver Tree, the eccentric American musician known for viral stunts and alt-pop hits, died in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro on June 14 ...

JOURNAL STANDARD relume has announced a new Toy Story collaboration print T-shirt, slated for an early July 2026 release. The piece foregoes the franchise’s lead characters in favor of the supporting ...

It's been eight years since Ziggy Marley released a new album. He can tick off a list of excuses why it took him so long to make "Brightside," which dropped late last month. There were tour ...

In this interview Cao Fei discusses cultural hybridity and her Hip Hop series, and the factory workers featured in her multi-part project Whose Utopia. ART21: Let’s talk about hip-hop. It’s about ...