Jeff Ihaza

This Carnival Monday, a look back to August 1997, when Jay-Z performed on an unprecedented Notting Hill bill that showed British fans hip-hop’s future in a single afternoon

Von Raekwons Auftritt bei Palantir bis zu Dr. Dres KI-Begeisterung: Raps Pioniere tragen einen alten Glauben in eine neue Ära. Am Wochenende postete Palantir – das Data-Mining- und Verteidigungssof...

From Raekwon’s “return” to Palantir’s offices, to Dr. Dre’s embrace of AI, rap’s pioneers are carrying an old faith in new machines into an era of platform ownership, surveillance, and automated music

After months of simmering West Coast tension, the veteran MC makes his feelings about Kendrick clear on his new album, with a little help from his biggest rival

Drakes stärkste Momente: von globalen Club-Hits bis zu nächtlichen Beichten, von Freestyles bis zu legendären Kollaborationen Hundert Drake-Songs für eine Bestenliste zusammenzustellen ist keine He...

A decade after Blonde, the masterpiece remains rooted in a vanished world while gathering new meaning from everyone who has lived alongside it

Following three anniversary concerts at Yankee Stadium, Jay-Z has found a new audience online. The clearest evidence comes from a 13-year-old single that young listeners have turned into an unlikel...

Die Kontroverse um Fenix Flexin und Tyga überschattet eine breitere Bewegung zurück zu Hip-Hops eigener Dancefloor-Geschichte. Als Fenix Flexin und Tyga in diesem Sommer gemeinsam im Studio saßen, ...

The controversy surrounding Fenix Flexin and Tyga is overshadowing a broader shift toward hip-hop’s own dance-floor history

Inside the rapper’s wild ride of a livestream, featuring Lena the Plug, an Hermès giveaway, and apparent subliminals about rap beef.

The rapper opened up to VIBE about embracing the new technology, his mom’s passing, and who the new project is really for

The Florida rapper talks about embracing his softer side and recording the Drake collaboration “I’m Spent” while hooked up to an IV

The underground hero's viral karaoke-style performances of the Iceman deep cut are a reminder of what Drake still does better than almost anyone

In einem Post, der viral ging, wurde behauptet, der Popstar habe das Finale aus Trumps Loge verfolgt. Die Frau im Video war offensichtlich jemand anderes. Ein Social-Media-Post, der nach dem FIFA-W...

The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist makes sincerity and absurdity sound like neighboring impulses on his restless, intimate new album

Das Jubiläums-Rollout zu „Reasonable Doubt“ ist eine Blaupause dafür, wie Künstler, Labels und Estates alte Alben in Merch-Drops, Museumsmomente und Live-Spektakel verwandeln. Die Werbeplakate für ...

The Reasonable Doubt anniversary rollout is a case study in how artists, labels, and estates are turning old albums into merch drops, museum moments, and live-event spectacles

The rapper returned to the BET Awards stage with a high-octane set full of songs from her most recent album, including a pointed diss aimed at BIA

The Ibiza-born nightlife institution opened its new venue in New York with a sold-out weekend

Personalized algorithms were supposed to kill monoculture. Instead, a German pop hook, a Philly drill chant, and the music behind AI fruit dramas are becoming a shared global language

On Canal Street with the self-described evangelist, who insists her latest pivot isn’t a reinvention: “I’m just myself.”