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On Sunday night, musicians with Maryland ties — including Brothers Osborne, Logic, Father John Misty and more — could win music's top award: a Grammy.

Kung Fu Kenny, the five-foot-five giant and hip-hop's resident Vitruvian Man awoke from his sleep to deliver us his fourth studio album back in April—"DAMN.,"

The new pastor of The First Church of Boom Baptists is Anderson .Paak. The Los Angeles-based rapper/singer/producer/songwriter mixes Donny Hathaway's soul with

The most fascinating of all of the Kendrick Lamar acolytes that've popped up over the past two years, Anderson .Paak--heard all over Dr. Dre's "Compton" last

In recent years, and in the absence of the Virgin Mobile FreeFest, the Sweetlife Festival has become the premier area music event, especially to see a wide

Last week, 'CIT4DT,' a music video featuring three Baltimore county teens rapping a goofy, pointed anti-Donald Trump song went viral.

Last week, 'CIT4DT,' a music video featuring three Baltimore county teens rapping a goofy, pointed anti-Donald Trump song went viral. Over a stark though springy beat¿swiped from Detroit rapper Rocaine's song 'Chicken Chicken'¿Dooley, TLow, and Lor Roger threaten Trump ("We got a chopper in the trunk/ For Donald Trump") and trade terse insults, dozens-style: Dooley, a online comedian with a substantive following, raps, "Boy, ain't even white/ You yellow/ You say you'd date your own daughter, you a sicko"; Tlow reminds people of what happened to Trump in Chicago when protestors shut down his rally; and Lor Roger says he's got some hollow points for the GOP frontrunner if Trump doesn't rein in his rhetoric.

Years before he was host of "Noisey," Viceland's new music show debuting tonight, Zach Goldbaum was just another teenager growing up in Montgomery County, cheering on the local rock band Good Charlotte.

Two recent Baltimore rap songs, President Davo and Young Moose's 'Rainy Days' and Lil Saint and Lor Chris' 'I Hate Y'All Niggas,' wrestle with Freddie Gray's death months later, along with the day-to-day stress of living in Baltimore.

International stars like Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and the Weeknd led the pack Monday morning, when the Grammy Awards announced its nominees for the 58th ceremony (taking place Feb. 15 in Los Angeles). But a couple of artists originally from Maryland were recognized as well.

There are innovators, and then there are the few artists like George Clinton.

The Columbia Association's Board of Directors listen to residents' concerns Thursday regarding loud noise from Merriweather Post Pavilion and a gas station proposal along Snowden River Parkway.

Wes Case takes a look at Kendrick Lamar, Tove Lo and others that impressed on Day 1 at Sweetlife Festival 2015 at Merriweather Post Pavilion.

The Baltimore area's summer concerts, with a steady flow of rock legends, rap and R&B stars and buzzy new acts, appeal to every type of music fan.

The news reads like it is a good time to be Wale, but during a frank phone conversation last week, the rapper -- who headlines Baltimore Soundstage on Friday -- sounded defeated, unhappy and uncertain about his future in music.

This past weekend, the security check-lines for the inaugural Moonrise Festival ¿ which took place on Saturday and Sunday at Pimlico Race Course ¿ looked like a sea of tie-dye, furry boots, baggy pants and T-shirts emblazoned with various DJ logos.

The early candidate for rap album of the year begins with a mother warning her son to stop following in the footsteps of his incarcerated father.

King Los, the Los Angeles-via-Baltimore rapper, made headlines last week when he announced he and his label home, Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records, had separated.

ZZ Ward, who brings her Last Love Tour to Rams Head Live on March 1, has spent the past two years surprising and winning over fans with her hybrid mix of blues, hip-hop, pop and folk.