Houston hip-hop icon Michael "5000" Watts, the founder of Swishahouse Records and a pioneer of the "chopped and screwed" sound, has passed away following a recent hospitalization.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago is mourning the loss of a beloved music icon. DJ Commando, whose real name was Landon Wallace, died on Friday. His family shared the news on social media. Wallace ...

The pair also spoke about the relationship between hip-hop and Latin music during a conversation Monday (Oct. 20). By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Anuel AA and DJ Khaled joined forces at 2025 ...

YouTube recently announced YouTube Labs, its own version of Google Labs, which Google uses to test experimental features before potentially rolling them out to the ...

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Licensed remix platform Hook has launched two new lenses for Snapchat. The lenses enable Snapchat users to create Hook music remixes within the social media and messaging platform. “This marks the ...

Tommy Genesis, Canadian model and rapper, has received backlash for dressing up as the Hindu goddess Maa Kali in an explicit new music video 'True Blue'. She is seen in blue body paint, red bindi, ...

Spotify has been experimenting with AI in some form since 2023, when it first debuted its personalized DJ. In the early days, I felt the DJ was pretty rough. Sure, it would sometimes provide me with ...

In early 2023, Spotify launched DJ, an interesting feature that leveraged a text-to-speech LLM to deliver… traditional radio, pretty much. Now, Spotify has announced that, much like traditional radio, ...

DJ Khaled’s hit tracks include collaborations with names that range from Jay-Z to Rihanna Headquartered in New York, Influence is also backed by Warner Music Group Founded in 2019, Influence’s ...

Khaled’s long list of musical collaborators includes Jay-Z, Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Drake, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne and many others. Terms of the deal were not disclosed further; several ...