A months-long siege on the Malian capital, Bamako, by the armed al-Qaeda affiliate group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam ...

Show Dem Camp’s new album “Afrika Magik” blends rap, Afrobeat, and nostalgia. Here are 5 standout tracks you need to hear.

If Bamako really does fall into the hands of Islamists it would mark a stunning reversal — and not only for Mali’s military junta, whose seizure of power in 2020 on a wave of anti-French sentiment ...

Al-Qaeda is tightening its grip on Mali’s capital in a Taliban-style bid to seize control of the west African nation.

On Friday, October 10, MTV announced that it will close five channels in the U.K., after nearly 40 years. Music videos began in the 1960s and have been a cornerstone of the pop culture lexicon for ...

Check out the must-hear releases of the week. By Andrew Unterberger Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will ...

Drake sued his record company earlier this year on allegations that the company defamed him by releasing Kendrick Lamar's Grammy-winning dis track. By Winston Cho, Ethan Millman Universal Music Group ...

Maverick City Music, an award-winning worship collective, is mired in chaos amid the exodus of two high-profile members and a lawsuit claiming the CEO engaged in fraud and exploitation. In a statement ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades later. Credit...Jan Robert Dünnweller ...

Taylor Swift‘s “The Fate of Ophelia” has premiered online on YouTube, just a little over 48 hours after it had its first bow on the big screen in theaters nationwide. The elaborate music video for the ...

Singer, Omórìnmádé Aníkúlápó-Kútì, known professionally as Mádé Kuti, speaks to NAOMI CHIMA about his career and life as a member of the musically-acclaimed Kuti family Growing up in a family with ...

In the early days of North Africa, the Matilda II seemed unstoppable, shrugging off nearly every Axis gun. But at Hellfire Pass in 1941, Rommel’s Afrika Korps unveiled the fearsome 88mm gun—and the ...