Barack Obama’s 2025 playlist spans 30 tracks across Hip Hop, Afrobeats, pop and more genres. Kendrick Lamar and Drake both ...

Barack Obama's 2025 playlist highlighted Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Gunna as key Hip-Hop voices shaping the sound of today and ...

Hip-Hop/R&B accounted for 30.7% of all streams across platforms, making it by far the most dominant genre in 2024. This isn’t ...

In the new version of CRT FRSH, we're featuring 20 songs, alternating between acts you should know and acts you need to know. CRT FRSH, Hip-Hop Wired’s playlist where we attempt to showcase music we ...

From jazz to hip-hop and beyond, experience the best songs that defined the year, all through the ears of WDET’s trusted ...

Journalist and cultural critic Candace McDuffie is the author of “50 Rappers Who Changed the World,” a book that encompasses hip-hop’s earliest pioneers, current hitmakers, and most influential and ...

To celebrate the golden anniversary of hip-hop, we rounded up 35 essential hits. These songs were hugely significant for the genre's growth and made an impact on the music industry. Our picks are ...

Hear where moments of Kraftwerk, Enya, Herb Alpert and more ended up in producers’ deft hands. By Lindsay Zoladz Today’s playlist is a celebration of a tried-and-true method of discovering new-to-you ...

Most independent rappers don’t fail because the music is bad. They fail because they don’t understand the first 24 hours.

CRT FRSH, Hip-Hop Wired’s playlist where we attempt to showcase music we believe is “Certified Fresh,” is back again! With just our second update of the year, we’ve had a lot of catching up to do. The ...