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For music lovers, festivals represent headlines and history, openings and closings, and being there — or wishing you were.

“I am still learning about Mac, learning about what his last moments were. I guess that is why I am crying.”

A quarter of a century later, all heads realize.

Thank you for everything, Juice. You deserve a million words.

We break down J. Cole‘s discography through the lens of the four Greek words for love.

“In total it was 97 writers, including the sample writers.”

Deb Never is an LA-based musician who makes… Well she doesn’t make happy music.

Like the directors they employ, artists must understand the world they’re building. EarthGang knows the world they are building.

The duality of “Strawberry Swing” is a reminder to make blessings out of the ordinary.

If Austin City Limits was his last performance, Glover-as-Gambino treated the night as the culmination of his engagement with the audience as actors in his theater.

Imagine the creative chemistry Danger Mouse might share with rappers like Danny Brown, Action Bronson, and Tyler, The Creator. I know I have.

To listen to Kevin Abstract is to, on some level, question your Americanness.

It would be easier if there were a way to ignore Kanye, but there isn’t.

One writer breaks down how hip-hop helped him get sober.

It’s been decades since sampling was uninhibited. Library music is changing everything.

The artist-fan relationship is as wrought as any other relationship in our lives.

The Bushwick rapper sang the one song a rapper isn’t supposed to sing.

In Korea, Junoflo is considered a “gyopo.” In America, he’s an Asian. At once, he’s from everywhere and nowhere.

“It’ll never be interesting for me to get to a place where I can’t connect with other people.”

You've been warned.

Yup, we did it.

At its genesis, the worldwide appeal wasn’t foreseeable, but now, almost 50 years later, it’s impossible to imagine a world without hip-hop and rap music.

Whatever happened to the places that helped shape hip-hop?

Brace yourselves for the ultimate butterfly effect.