August Brown covers pop music, the music industry and nightlife policy at the Los Angeles Times.
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With striking appearances on Wizkid’s “Essence” and “Wait For U” with Future and Drake, Tems became one of the most important voices in modern African music.
Listen to a playlist of the best songs of the year as selected by The Times’ August Brown and Mikael Wood.
The singer’s new “Leash” plays over the closing credits of “Babygirl.” In an interview with The Times, she talks about making music and her fight with her longtime record label.
A few months ago, the Compton rapper Siete7x was up in the Bay Area shooting a music video.
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His albums take a long time to absorb, but this one also hits with ferocious immediacy.
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 11-13 and 18-20, 2025. Other notable artists include Missy Elliott and Charli XCX.
As fans swarmed the festival to see the likes of Mustard, Erykah Badu and Playboi Carti, the mindset of letting it all hang out on a Sunday evening was strong throughout the three-stage slate of acts that kept the crowd captivated from beginning to end.
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Natalie Lu’s foggy, distortion-churning single “Your Face” blew up on TikTok. It landed her a major-label deal with Interscope and a prime slot at this weekend’s nominally rap-centric Camp Flog Gnaw Festival.