On International Mother Language Day, we look at how rap and hip-hop artists are mixing languages and spreading a vernacular that captures the contemporary Francophone world: multi-ethnic, ...

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Egyptian pop icon Amr Diab has set a new record on the Billboard Arabia Artist 100 chart, maintaining the number-one position for 52 consecutive weeks—a full year at the top and the longest run since ...

Lord Sear dies at 53 as Eminem and others honor the longtime Shade 45 DJ. Read tributes and career highlights.

Sad Night Dynamite came a long way from Somerset to blowing up TikTok, shining bright across the musical sky before disappearing in a confounding haze.

Since launching Gorillaz, Blur singer Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett have used the animated characters that make up their group—2D, Murdoc, Russel, and Noodle—as avatars for exploring their ...

Arab superstar Mohamed Ramadan, who is Egypt's first artist to perform at Coachella, has signed with WME for worldwide representation.

A poetry event on Thursday, Feb. 20, and a hip-hop performance on Friday, Feb. 21, originally slated for the Foundry Theater, ...

Flashbacks is a weekly series looking back at the over 100-year history of The News Leader and its place across the Staunton, Augusta County region.

Fans in Bengaluru were left disappointed after rapper Flipperachi announced he would not be performing at the UN40 event.

Bahraini rapper Flipperachi shot to fame in India after his track FA9LA from Dhurandhar went viral like wildfire on social ...