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Author: BY BEN SISARIO - Publish Date: December 3, 2021 at 12:35AM The Recording Academy has made various changes to its list for the 64th awards, adding Linda Chorney, whose name appeared on an earlier version of the ballot, back to the competition.

Author: BY IMAN STEVENSON - Publish Date: November 24, 2021 at 12:30AM In “The 33 ⅓ Podcast,” the acclaimed producer finds himself in some unexpected pairings to explore classic albums from Steely Dan, Janet Jackson and more.

Author: BY GABE COHN - Publish Date: November 23, 2021 at 11:34PM Artists, albums and songs competing for trophies at the 64th annual ceremony are being announced on Tuesday. The show will take place Jan. 31 in Los Angeles.

Author: BY JON PARELES, JON CARAMANICA, ISABELIA HERRERA, GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO AND LINDSAY ZOLADZ - Publish Date: November 19, 2021 at 11:55PM Hear tracks by FKA twigs, Makaya McCraven, Hazel English and others.

Author: BY JOE COSCARELLI - Publish Date: November 9, 2021 at 12:48AM The multiplatinum rapper earned a reputation for concerts that teetered on the edge of mayhem. Then eight people died during his performance in Houston on Friday.

Author: BY JOE COSCARELLI - Publish Date: November 1, 2021 at 11:46PM With new albums by Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Adele looming, the rapper’s “Certified Lover Boy” remains atop the Billboard chart.

Author: BY ISABELIA HERRERA - Publish Date: October 25, 2021 at 11:38PM The sold-out show by the Dominican artist was a watershed moment for the dembow movement.

Author: BY BEN SISARIO - Publish Date: October 19, 2021 at 01:18AM The Houston rapper Don Toliver opens at No. 2, while the music industry turns its attention to the numbers for Adele’s comeback single.

Author: BY LINDSAY ZOLADZ - Publish Date: September 21, 2021 at 11:57PM After a record-breaking single, a tentative EP, a public coming out and another newsworthy smash, the 22-year-old pop sensation offers a fuller view of his inner world.

Author: BY THE NEW YORK TIMES - Publish Date: September 18, 2021 at 12:26AM The White House offered Nicki Minaj a call with a doctor to answer questions about the safety of the Covid-19 vaccine, Jen Psaki, the press secretary said, after the rapper questioned its efficacy on Twitter this week.

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: September 8, 2021 at 12:06AM West has always been dreaming big, speaking loudly, courting controversy and channeling all of that into music. But one thing has changed.

Author: BY JON CARAMANICA - Publish Date: September 1, 2021 at 12:22AM West is still one of the most influential pop stars of the century, but multidisciplinary spectacle is more his goal than music now, and he isn’t the star of his own 10th album.

Author: BY JON PARELES, JON CARAMANICA, ISABELIA HERRERA AND GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO - Publish Date: August 27, 2021 at 11:48PM Hear tracks by SZA, Fantastic Negrito, Mary Lattimore and others.

Author: BY DODAI STEWART, REGGIE UGWU, TALLY ABECASSIS, ELYSSA DUDLEY, PHYLLIS FLETCHER, THEO BALCOMB AND ELISHEBA ITTOOP - Publish Date: August 19, 2021 at 12:19AM Our culture writer loved this quintessential hip-hop album as a teen. But after the summer of 2020, he started rethinking its message.

Author: BY MARCUS J. MOORE - Publish Date: August 18, 2021 at 12:39AM The prolific 29-year-old rapper, singer and producer returned this month with “Gumbo’!,” a hat tip to the soulful Southern rap that inspired him.

Author: BY ISABELIA HERRERA - Publish Date: August 12, 2021 at 01:16AM “Loud” asks us to reconsider mainstream histories of the genre, and reveals critical conversations about its roots and evolution.

Author: BY JON CARAMANICA - Publish Date: August 9, 2021 at 01:56AM As the concert business amped up again, our critic booked six weeks seeing shows in honky-tonks, clubs and arenas. But concerns about Covid-19 became the unannounced guest on nearly every lineup.

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: August 6, 2021 at 11:52PM Kanye held a listening party for thousands of fans in Atlanta.

Author: BY ALYSSA LUKPAT - Publish Date: August 2, 2021 at 01:41AM The rapper was criticized for asking fans at a performance last week to raise their phones in the air if they didn’t have H.I.V. or AIDS.

Author: BY JOE COSCARELLI - Publish Date: July 27, 2021 at 01:04AM The new release by the Brooklyn rapper, who was shot and killed last year, tops Billboard, but fell short of his studio debut.