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New Music Friday: R&B Looked in the Mirror This Week, and Hip-Hop Kept Counting Its Money
Rick Ross, Steve Lacy, Syd, Ambre, Larry June, Masego, Nao Yoshioka, Lil Baby and Pharrell Williams, MudBaby Ru, and Real Boston Richey headline the busiest New Music Friday of the summer, and the slate splits clean down the middle.
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Hip-Hop Is Still No. 1. So Why Is Its Streaming Share Shrinking?
Hip-hop still leads U.S. streaming, but Luminate's 2026 numbers show Latin music and country closing the gap fast. Why the real threat isn't volume, it's a fading superstar pipeline.
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Chlöe's "Main Attraction": The Comeback Argument Two Solo Albums Couldn't Make
Two solo albums missed the charts. Then Timbaland DMed her. Inside the "Main Attraction" video and the case it makes for Chlöe's solo era.
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Remy Ma's Soft Girl Era Isn't a Retreat, It Proves She Never Had to Pick a Side
Remy Ma's playful new video for "Put Em On" isn't a departure from her sharper side. It's proof a 20-year veteran never had to choose one register over the other.
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Tank Doesn't Do Comebacks: "Yes" Is Proof He Never Needed One
Tank's new single 'Yes' reimagines Floetry's 'Say Yes.' Beneath the homage sits a bigger story: 11 Adult R&B Airplay No. 1s, a Hulu role, and two decades of staying power most artists only talk about.
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Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium Run Was Hip-Hop's First Kennedy Center Moment, and Its First Coffin
Jay-Z broke Yankee Stadium's attendance record twice in a weekend. The freestyle everyone is quoting was a magic trick. The real story is what the residency template means for hip-hop's next decade.
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Shaggy Turned Central Park Into Yaad: Inside a Free Homecoming That Spanned Decades (Exclusive)
From Nesta to "It Wasn't Me," peace anthems to bashment, a free night that made Central Park feel like yaad. Inside Shaggy's homecoming at SummerStage 40.
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The Ultimate Summer Backyard and BBQ Playlist (32 Songs)
From The Gap Band to MOLIY, here are 30 timeless cookout anthems arranged in chronological order to soundtrack your ultimate summer backyard gathering.
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How Rick Ross Turned a 20-Year-Old Album Into a Black-Tie Coronation
Rick Ross drops Set In Stone on June 12 while touring the 20th anniversary of Port of Miami as a black-tie orchestral event. Inside the veteran's gambit, the Verzuz economy, his Drake power move, and why longevity became hip-hop's ultimate flex.
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