The Root

Playlist: If New York City Had a Soundtrack, It’d Be These Iconic Anthems!

New York delivered some of the greatest city soundtracks of all time! Let’s look back at our favorite songs that made us fall ...

Houston rapper swears he's going to win a Grammy (but not this time)

Grammy nominations dropped on Monday with a new crop of nominees vying to win some of the highest honors in music. Houston ...

Celebrities who died in 2025

Here are the stars who died this year, including Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Ozzy Osbourne, Giorgio Armani, and Dick Cheney ...
TMCnet

VERZUZ MAKES HISTORIC RETURN AT COMPLEXCON 2025 WITH EPIC MATCH UP BETWEEN CASH MONEY RECORDS VS. NO LIMIT RECORDS

Streamed Live on Apple Music, the Event Drew More than 8.4 Million Live Viewers ...
Noise11

Jelly Roll Performs An Aussie Rock Classic From The Angels At His First Ever Melbourne Show

Jelly Roll’s first-ever Melbourne show featured a surprise performance of The Angels’ Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again, with tributes to Keith Urban, Avicii, and more.
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Whitney Houston’s most powerful songs are coming to life in Genesee County

South African singer Belinda Davids will bring the legendary sound and spirit of Whitney Houston to Flint. The Greatest Love of All: A Tribute to Whitney Houston takes the stage at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct ...
Hip-Hop Wired

Steve Rifkind Hits Back At DMX's Uncle Funeral Payment Claims

When DMX was laid to rest in June of 2021 it was said that Def Jam covered the cost of the $35,000 funeral. But recently X’s former manager and uncle, Ray Copeland said that it was he and others who ...
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How the internet changed hit songs forever

This video traces the history of viral songs, from early internet hits to TikTok anthems, revealing how online culture transformed music into a constant race for attention. A colossal Buc-ee’s broke a ...
American Songwriter

3 Hit Tracks That Knocked Your Favorite Song From the No. 1 Spot Back in 1974

A lot of amazing music made it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart back in 1974. And each of those hit tracks had to usurp another to make it to the top. Let’s take a look at three hit songs ...
American Songwriter

This 1969 One-Hit Wonder Was Working As a Cook When His Song Went No. 1 (And It’s Still One of Our Favorites Today)

Even a one-hit wonder has a certain air of glamour and celebrity (a hit’s a hit even if there’s only one of them, after all), but Norman Greenbaum wasn’t exactly living on Easy Street after the ...
Penn Live

Country music star reveals how hit song led to death threats

How could a love song spark death threats? Well, when it comes to college football rivalries, apparently, there’s no room for love, and if you don’t believe it just ask Megan Moroney. Because the 27 ...
Newsweek

Woman Suing Taylor Swift Wants All the Money She’s Made From Some Hit Songs

Florida artist Kimberly Marasco is asking the court to order singer Taylor Swift and her co-defendants to give up all profits from songs Marasco alleges contain copyrighted material. Marasco, who is ...