Craig Jenkins

For much of the last decade, being a fan of Charli XCX has involved a fair amount of pining for greater commercial notoriety. 2014 was a roller coaster for the U.K. pop sensation born Charlotte Aitchison.

Walking down 125th Street yesterday, I passed a white kid in a Cam'ron t-shirt who looked about Killa Season years old and thought about the power

The Brooklyn rapper and firefighter left a model for making gripping art on your own terms.

Lin Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’s remake devolves into kumbaya and occasional schmaltz.

I met “Kurious” Jorge Alvarez nine years ago in the audience of an open-mic night at an Upper West Side dive bar. He humbly remarked that I might know who he was.

Chromakopia is more interested in critiquing masculinity than celebrating its own aggression.

The West Coast hip-hop luminaries who appeared at Kendrick Lamar's the Pop Out in June reinforced a reality apparent to even the casual observer: The

Young Thug’s freedom means little if we don’t fix the system that put him there.

An initially messy return paved the way for a balanced new album.

In observing the brusque locomotion characterizing the rollout of Linkin Park's new album, From Zero it's useful to remember that the band was a second chance for Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington.