If you can't get enough Zach Top, you're in luck. The breakout country star just added a handful of fall 2025 shows.

Steve Ray Ladson became a star on AGT when he brought his own style of music, "Blackgrass Brothercana," to the stage.

Kendrick Lamar, Ledisi and others are creating the soundtrack for this cultural inflection point and for the legacy of ...

Recording Academy reveals 2026 Grammy Awards will add Traditional Country Album category, implement new Best New Artist ...

From its earliest days, hip-hop has been fundamentally about storytelling, with artists repurposing ... motherhood, Black femininity, and music industry politics. Tracks like “Doo Wop (That ...

Samples continue to be a huge part of our current music culture ... has been sampled by several of the most popular rap and R&B artists of the past 40 years, including Snoop Dogg, Kanye West ...

Despite country music's roots, Black ... or blend hip-hop swagger and country's modern radio expectations on songs like Jelly Roll collaboration "Haunted." He's a one-of-one artist.

Essence had boots on the ground this weekend, sitting with six of these artists, each of whom affirmed in their own ways: Country music is for everybody, but it’s especially for Black people.

pointing to country artist Wallen, whose music is heavily influenced by hip hop styles. Black artists have also started increasingly telling Black stories and reckoning with Black history through ...

Black artists have long been a part of the country music industry ... (Tipsy)," a "seamless and savvy hybrid of country and hip-hop" built around the 2004 hip-hop hit "Tipsy" by J-Kwon, was ...