Sidney Madden
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The New York City debut from the British soul singer counters the prevailing narrative around her. As she guided fans in spiritual healing, she did it as she has her whole career: on her own terms. -
In some ways, COVID shrank the distance between musicians and listeners. But then, it also threw nearly everything about the industry into disarray, and for many, things have never been the same. -
There are some songs that are synonymous with - or are perhaps more famous than - the movies they accompany.
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The Compton rapper fashioned the Super Bowl halftime show as his victory lap, taking the culture to new heights and his pettiness to new lows. -
With the biggest captive audience of his career, Lamar's performance conjures a medley of hits that spans his 15-year discography, and featured R&B star SZA as a special guest. -
Shortly after Kendrick Lamar took home five Grammy awards, he's getting his biggest single audience ever, as the featured artist of this year's Super Bowl halftime show.
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Her Grammy win for Cowboy Carter will rightly be seen as historic. But for the artist, it's part of a grander thesis long in the making. -
A cornerstone of mid-2000s Atlanta rap has died. DJ Unk passed away over the weekend at the age of 43. The Atlanta rapper, producer and DJ helped launch snap music into the mainstream.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NPR Music's Sidney Madden about rapper Drake's new lawsuit against his record label, Universal Music Group.
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The Toronto rapper is suing Universal Music Group for defamation, alleging that the release and promotion of Kendrick Lamar's 2024 hit threatened his life and career.
