Last month, the Brazilian artist Ludmilla made history: After powering through her hits during a breakout set at Coachella, she became the first Afro-Latina to perform at the music festival. She riled ...

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Syracuse, N.Y. — The music’s still funky, the waffles are still wild, and Guy Fieri is tuning in once again. Funk ’n Waffles will be featured on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Triple D Nation” this ...

Funk Flex said he plans to address allegations that he got DJ Enuff fired from Hot 97, after the hip-hop station chose to let the DJ go after 27 years. On Friday (August 29), Enuff (real name Ephrem ...

Sources with direct knowledge of the situation told TMZ that the legendary radio DJ will be moving up to the 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. after the Labor Day holiday. As previously noted, his final shift at the ...

It was sometime in the latter part of the 1960s that R&B gave way to soul and, by extension, funk. It wasn't a scene so much at first as it was a grouping of like-minded artists taking their music to ...

Sly Stone, the influential but enigmatic funk-rock star whose soulful, socially conscious recordings altered the course of popular music before he abruptly retreated from the spotlight and became the ...

At a time when Black contributions to American history and culture face keep getting erased, independent art stands as a vital act of resistance and remembrance. We Want the Funk! is a vibrant ...

Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on “syncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves,” according to one ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...