From John Lennon and Tina Turner to Miley Cyrus and Stephen Wilson Jr., the most eclectic renditions of the 1961 hymn ...

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A revered enough songwriter that Willie Nelson just put out an entire album of his tunes — Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Keith Urban and his ex-father-in-law Johnny Cash also have covered him — ...

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For Good performed a new rap for The Tonight Show that is going viral. The number served as a sequel to the viral rap the two ...

As hip-hop evolves through time while sampling its own past, how do new audience members learn its history? Is there a ...

Nov. 18 has marked a historical turning point in hip-hop and R&B — LL Cool J released his debut album, which launched his ...

“The Shuffle” gives audiences a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic rap music video that quickly became a ...

"How bad can it be?" "Nobody's going to hear it other than people in Chicago, right?" 🏈 And the rest is history. Does anyone ...