Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay ...

From comeback albums by established legends to more experimental offerings from the younger generation, 2025 was a marquee ...

A lighthearted but viral conspiracy theory circulating on TikTok has fans asking whether Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet could secretly be living a double life as U.K. drill rapper EsDeeKid.

Author James Patterson has surprised hundreds of booksellers with $500 checks for the holidays. Melanie Moore, who runs the ...

At the end of the 20th century, hip-hop was booming, but the mood was dour. Two of the greatest rappers of all time—2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.—had recently been violently killed. Artists were ...

Best Acting in a Helmet, Best Nervous Breakdown, Craziest Charm—the film performances so good Wesley Morris had to invent his own categories.

Michael Annett was a professional driver who lived in Des Moines, Iowa. He competed in three of the best national series of ...

On December 6, 1999, just 25 days before the new millennium, the Recording Industry Association of America filed a lawsuit against file-sharing platform Napster for copyright infringement. Now, 25 ...

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Rihanna’s eighth and last studio album, “Anti,” came out almost a decade ago in 2016. Rihanna’s eighth studio album, “Anti,” ...

Carlito Milfort Jr., better known by his stage name POORSTACY, has died. He was 26. USA Today said that authorities said the rapper died on Nov. 29 “stemming from an incident” in Boca Raton, Florida.