Twenty minutes later, the show was back on, with the Weeknd crooning “Rather Lie” and “Timeless” surrounded by Carti’s Opium ...

Music is an argument for his status as an era-defining talent and a wholly unique pop star If Playboi Carti has mostly escaped the kind of “mumble rap” epithets that old heads use to belittle the ...

Playboi Carti, Chappell Roan, Selena Gomez, Lil Nas X, and Bon Iver all made some of the best new music of the week.

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Diany Dior and JayDon. If the “I am music” tag isn’t playing on a loop in your head, clearly you missed one of the year’s buzziest ...