According to Luminate’s 2025 Year-End Report, the global music industry earned 5.1 trillion on-demand audio song streams, rising 9.6% from 2024. The Christian music genre outpaced the industry’s ...

Many of the hip-hop’s most lauded works this year feature religious themes—themes that arguably helped spark a renewal of hip ...

Few players in NBA history have been as immersed in hip-hop culture as Stephon Marbury. From piloting Fat Joe’s infamous Terror Squad team to the 2003 Rucker Park ...

Hip-hop has been super volatile over the last couple of years. Given all the questions swirling around the genre during its 50th decade—who are the new stars? Where are the hit records? Is hip-hop on ...

Plus: The Ugly Hug and Post-Trash throw an indie-rock fest, Open Mike Eagle kicks off a residency at the National Museum of Public Housing, and more. Sanders says the property owner is retiring and ...

*An AI-generated Christian artist named Solomon Ray has fueled the AI-music debate, with his gospel album “Faithful Soul” topping both iTunes and Billboard charts. As the New York Post reports, the ...

Rap beef has always walked a fine line between competition and chaos, but in 2025, that line was blurrier than ever. Once a matter of high-stakes lyrical sparring, feuds like Kendrick Lamar and ...

Billboard‘s recent rule changes sparked a concerned discussion after they resulted in a two-week absence of rap music in the Hot 100 chart’s top 40 for the first time in almost three decades. “Is ...

When visitors step into the new Museum of Christian and Gospel Music, executive director Steve Gilreath hopes they see something they recognize. Perhaps the backdrop from a Third Day concert tour, Amy ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Twenty-five years ago, she was known only as “Baby Doe,” found abandoned under a stairwell at a Greensboro apartment complex. Today, Angel Thomas is a college graduate, entrepreneur ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Gospel Music Association has opened a new chapter in its mission of honoring the artists who have shaped Christian and Gospel ...