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As coronavirus prompts cries to cancel Austin’s SXSW festival, a ‘general fear’ sweeps concert industry

March 4, 2020 at 4:13 p.m.

Last week, organizers announced that the Korea Times Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl was being postponed "due to current travel restrictions in Asia" over fears of COVID-19, the strain...

BTS arrives for the 62nd Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.

BTS album review: ‘Map of the Soul: 7’ charts a path forward for K-pop

February 21, 2020 at 11:27 a.m.

If there's a digital-age equivalent to camping outside a record store waiting for a new album to drop, it's what BTS fans did overnight: hovering over Spotify or Apple Music,...

A tribute to Nipsey Hussle and Lakers' Kobe Bryant is displayed as YG, John Legend, DJ Khaled Meek Mill, Roddy Ricch, Kirk Franklin stand the 62nd GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

Meek Mill and Roddy Ricch release Nipsey Hussle tribute song, ‘Letter to Nipsey’

January 28, 2020 at 10:37 a.m.

A day after Meek Mill and Compton's Roddy Ricch performed a tribute to Nipsey Hussle at the Grammys, the two released a new collaborative single that continues to pay homage...

Mac Miller performs on the Camp Stage during day 1 of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2017 at Exposition Park on October 28, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

Posthumous albums are usually cash-in souvenirs, but Mac Miller’s could be a rarity: a classic

January 10, 2020 at 9:58 a.m.

One of the tragic, practical challenges of this era in music is assembling a posthumous album for an artist who barely made it into his or her 20s. The teams...

Travis Scott performs on stage during Day 2 of Music Midtown 2019, in Atlanta.

The full Coachella 2020 lineup is out, will there be Lollapalooza overlaps?

January 3, 2020 at 2:25 p.m.

The rumors were true: Rage Against the Machine, Frank Ocean and Travis Scott will indeed headline the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this April. The festival, scheduled for April...

Rapper Juice Wrld throws in the first pitch during a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field on June 30, 2019.

Rolling Loud organizers on Juice Wrld tribute: ‘It’s important to the fans’

December 16, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

A week before the hip-hop festival Rolling Loud returned for its third year in Los Angeles, co-founder Tariq Cherif was at home in Miami, idly thumbing through Instagram, when he...

"Everybody's waiting on the downfall of artists," said rapper Blueface. "I've got everybody waiting on me right now. But I ain't going nowhere."

Blueface takes a slower approach to staying in circulation

July 29, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

Late last month, on an overcast afternoon in Hollywood, LA rapper Blueface arrived at an album release party at the Roosevelt Hotel. It wasn't for his own record, but it...

Singer R. Kelly, center, appears at a hearing before Judge Lawrence Flood at Leighton Criminal Court Building, Wednesday, June 26, 2019.

‘Surviving R. Kelly’ executive producer dream hampton on the Emmy nod and justice

July 18, 2019 at 1:57 p.m.

Few documentaries have had as tangible an impact in changing the narrative around accusations of sexual assault as "Surviving R. Kelly." The Lifetime docu-series from journalist and executive producer dream...

Rapper Nipsey Hussle, left, and DJ Khaled attend a 2017 party in Beverly Hills.

Nipsey Hussle’s final music video, ‘Higher’ with DJ Khaled, finds uplift in tragedy

May 21, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

On Friday, DJ Khaled and John Legend released Nipsey Hussle's final music video "with the full blessing" of the late rapper's family. Khaled said late Wednesday that it took "a...

The members of Blackpink wowed Coachella on Friday.

Coachella survives a fire scare, and K-pop act Blackpink rules the early going

April 14, 2019 at 12:16 p.m.

It's usually frowned upon to wear the shirt of a band to their own concert. But for Marilyn Morales of Palmdale, Blackpink's debut Coachella performance warranted an exception. "I wasn't...

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