Sidney Madden

Songs that make the movies and vice versa

Scott Detrow, Sidney Madden, Stephen Thompson

There are some songs that are synonymous with - or are perhaps more famous than - the movies they accompany.

Kendrick Lamar brought West Coast hip hop, Uncle Sam and Serena Williams to the Super Bowl

Sidney Madden

With the biggest captive audience of his career, Lamar's performance conjures a medley of hits that spans his 15-year discography, and featured R&B star SZA as a special guest.

Kendrick Lamar to get his biggest audience ever at Super Bowl halftime show

Sidney Madden, A Martínez

Shortly after Kendrick Lamar took home five Grammy awards, he's getting his biggest single audience ever, as the featured artist of this year's Super Bowl halftime show.

Remembering Atlanta rapper and producer DJ Unk, dead at 43

Sidney Madden

A cornerstone of mid-2000s Atlanta rap has died. DJ Unk passed away over the weekend at the age of 43. The Atlanta rapper, producer and DJ helped launch snap music into the mainstream.

Drake sues his record label over Kendrick Lamar beef

Ayesha Rascoe, Sidney Madden

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NPR Music's Sidney Madden about rapper Drake's new lawsuit against his record label, Universal Music Group.

Jay-Z is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in a complaint filed in a civil lawsuit

Sidney Madden

Jay-Z was accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl, allegedly along with Sean "Diddy" Combs, in 2000, according to a civil lawsuit filed in federal court on Sunday.

Sean “Diddy” Combs appears before students at his Capital Preparatory School in the Bronx on Oct. 18, 2022.

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Sean Combs accused of impregnating, threatening woman in new assault lawsuit

Sidney Madden

In the 12th lawsuit filed against the hip-hop mogul since last November, an unnamed victim alleges that Sean Combs coerced her into sex, impregnated her, then threatened her into silence.