D'Angelo, who died at 51 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, "never was comfortable" with being a sex symbol ...

Singer D’Angelo has died, according to a statement from his family. But his legacy in the worlds of hip-hop, R&B, and neo-soul lives on.

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Earlier this year, a band called The Velvet Sundown racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify with retro-pop ...

Nashville-based alternative pop band In Color has joined the Big Loud Rock roster. Under the leadership of CEO Seth England and Big Loud Rock President Joey Moi, the label represents acts including ...

Chester Music, part of Wise Music Group, has signed a music publishing deal with British composer and producer Gabriel Prokofiev, the grandson of Sergei Prokofiev. Over the last decade, Prokofiev has ...

United Talent Agency has signed Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer Charlie Puth for global representation in all areas. Puth has amassed over 35 billion global streams and nine ...

What exactly is “Slam Frank,” the purported hip-hop musical that reimagines the Holocaust’s most famous victim as a pansexual Latinx girl today? Is it a real show with real actors and real songs ...

Gerald Holum has lived more than 3½ decades in a historic farmstead next to the Saucon Rail Trail, and he has never seen anything like what has happened in recent weeks. Somebody spray-painted a ...

“Slam Frank” — assuming it’s real — turns Anne Frank’s diary into a satire about the discourse around inclusivity. What exactly is “Slam Frank,” the purported hip-hop musical that reimagines the ...

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