Atlanta rapper DJ Unk has died. Anthony Leonard Platt — best known for hits “Walk It Out” and “2 Step” — passed away on Friday (Jan. 24) according to his wife Sherkita Long-Platt. He was 43.

The 2025 Grammys are imminent, and the Recording Academy has announced the show’s host. Trevor Noah, now a Grammy nominee himself for Best Comedy Album, will host for the fifth year in a row.

In 2018, in response to months of campaigning by an Ohio teenager named Mary, Weezer famously covered Toto’s 1983 chart-topping hit “Africa,” yielding a fun music video with Weird Al Yankovic and becoming Weezer’s biggest hit in years. It did not lead to a friendship between Weezer and Toto.

The sprawling, multi-week music marathon known as New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has revealed its 2025 lineup. The event will take place over two four-day weekends at the Fair Grounds Race Course, April 24-27 and May 1-4. As usual, the lineup is pretty eclectic, albeit in a non-boat-rocking kind of way.

Bad Bunny realizó el lanzamiento de su su sexto álbum de estudio Debí Tirar Más Fotos, abordando la lucha por preservar la identidad cultural. Las 17 canciones de su más reciente proyecto lleno de ritmos caribeños y afroamericanos tocan diversos temas e inclusive honran a su natal Puerto Rico. Este nuevo full-lenght del reguetonero promete diferenciarse de sus anteriores producciones …

Multi-platinum, Grammy-winning artist Nelly will embark on his highly anticipated Where The Party At Tour in 2025, marking the 25th anniversary of his debut album Country Grammar. The global tour kicks off March 21 in New Zealand, with stops across Australia, Canada, Europe, and the U.S., making it Nelly’s most extensive tour to date. The Live Nation-produced tour will feature …

Rolling Loud and Amazon Music have joined forces to exclusively livestream this year’s Miami festival. Celebrating ‘10 Years of Rolling Loud,’ this edition of Rolling Loud’s flagship Miami festival will reflect on its transformative impact over the past decade, while spotlighting the most influential voices shaping today’s hip-hop landscape.  Sponsored by Sprite and Verizon, the livestream will be available on the Amazon Music channel …

El exponente urbano Farruko lanzó su tiraera titulada San Miguel, utilizando referencias bíblicas y un juego de palabras para una dedicatoria al trapero Anuel AA. Este sencillo, producido por Ghetto, Fly Twilightzone y otros colaboradores, destaca por sus versos poderosos y su ritmo contundente, posicionándose como una de las respuestas más impactantes dentro del género urbano en los últimos tiempos. …

We’re inching ever closer to the release of A Complete Unknown, the new James Mangold biopic where Timothée Chalamet plays a young Bob Dylan. Since Dylan might be the single most revered figure in the past 60 years of popular music, and since Chalamet does his own singing in the film, A Complete Unknown faces a certain level of skepticism. …

South African sensation Tyla kicks off Detty December with the release of the official music video for “Shake Ah,” a lively single featured on the deluxe edition of her debut album, TYLA+. The track includes collaborations with rising South African talents Tony Duardo, EZ Maestro, and Optimist. Filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the video captures Tyla as the centerpiece …