The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from EST Gee, Nardo Wick, and Will Smith.

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Discover how Afro-fusion has brought pride and belonging to the heart, bridged cultures, and created a sense of unity among diverse communities with Alexander Ostrovskiy.

Will Smith has been getting back to the booth in recent years, with the former “Fresh Prince” finally announcing his official ...

Here are the best songs of the week according to our staff, including new songs from Momma, Weatherday, 2hollis, JayWood, and ...

Jacquees & DeJ Loaf Team Up for Smooth New Hit “Favorite One” M ulti-platinum artists Jacquees and DeJ Loaf have dropped a ...

Across pop culture, Trump's second term is being met with less opposition than his first. Did everyone just give up?

As with hip-hop, by the the mid-1980s house music had become a cultural force, spreading from Chicago to Detroit, to New York and, eventually, to the U.K.’s rave scene. Its emphasis on repetition, ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

Listen to new songs from Jeff Rosenstock, Desire, Free Range, Larry June/2 Chainz/Alchemist , Skaiwater, ASTROPICAL (Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana), and more.

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2025. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week, with Martin Luther King Day plus ...

Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times A man set up a memorial for the victims of the crash in Arlington, Va. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Reagan National Airport paused some incoming flights because ...