Young Thug Gets His Due, but Is It Too Late?

By Unknown Author from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/arts/music/popcast-young-thug.html?partner=IFTTT

ASAP Rocky Won’t Get Special Treatment, Swedish Prime Minister Says

By MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/arts/music/trump-asap-rocky-sweden.html?partner=IFTTT

Princess Nokia on Remaking Rap for a Queer, Feminist New York

By MATTHEW SCHNIPPER from NYT Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/30/magazine/princess-nokia-new-york.html?partner=IFTTT

Megan Thee Stallion and Rap’s Rising Generation of Women

By Unknown Author from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/arts/music/popcast-megan-thee-stallion.html?partner=IFTTT

Fab 5 Freddy’s Latest Cultural Coup? ‘The Archive of the Future’

By REGGIE UGWU from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/arts/music/fab-5-freddy-archives.html?partner=IFTTT

Russia’s Youth Found Rap. The Kremlin Is Worried.

By IVAN NECHEPURENKO from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/arts/music/russia-rap-hip-hop.html?partner=IFTTT

‘Old Town Road’: See How Memes and Controversy Took Lil Nas X to No. 1

By JOE COSCARELLI from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/arts/music/old-town-road-lil-nas-x.html?partner=IFTTT

Taylor Swift’s ‘Me!’ Is Thwarted by a Fifth No. 1 for ‘Old Town Road’

By BEN SISARIO from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/arts/music/taylor-swift-lil-nas-x-billboard-chart.html?partner=IFTTT

The Playlist: Shawn Mendes’s Exuberant Heartache, and 9 More New Songs

By JON PARELES, JON CARAMANICA and GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/arts/music/playlist-shawn-mendes-logic-eminem-rhiannon-giddens.html?partner=IFTTT

Bad Bunny, the Inexhaustible Pop Recalibrator, Lights Up Madison Square Garden

By JON CARAMANICA from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/arts/music/bad-bunny-live-review.html?partner=IFTTT

Beyoncé Claims Two Top 10 Spots on the Billboard Chart

By BEN SISARIO from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/arts/music/beyonce-billie-eilish-billboard.html?partner=IFTTT

A Godfather of Country-Rap on His 2000s Hits and Lil Nas X

By JON CARAMANICA from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/arts/music/shannon-houchins-country-rap.html?partner=IFTTT

A History of Country-Rap in 29 Songs

By JON CARAMANICA from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/arts/music/country-rap-playlist.html?partner=IFTTT

Khalid Bumps Billie Eilish Out of No. 1 on the Chart With ‘Free Spirit’

By BEN SISARIO from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/arts/music/khalid-free-spirit-billboard-chart.html?partner=IFTTT

Donald Glover’s ‘Guava Island’ Debuts After Coachella Set as Childish Gambino

By JOE COSCARELLI from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/arts/music/coachella-guava-island-donald-glover.html?partner=IFTTT