Hip-hop is the music of the people, and the sound of grumbling bellies sets the beat. In the game of life, it’s eat or be eaten, and only the hungriest survive to tell their story. Songs about ...

Nat King Cole. Ella Fitzgerald. Chuck Berry. Aretha Franklin. Kendrick Lamar. When it comes to understanding the power of black artists in the American musical landscape, there is certainly no ...

Public Enemy is known for starting off their songs with powerful statements. So when Sista Souljah opens up the rap song “By the Time I Get to Arizona,” she set the tone. The pre-cursor and the direct ...

As an experimental psych-rock group that went from the fringes of the mainstream to bonafide rock royalty, Pink Floyd’s career was pockmarked by struggles with fame that was immense, overwhelming, and ...