Among the many media tributes to late musical icon Prince is one of the more interesting constitutional moments of the 1980s, when his “Purple Rain” album set off a hearing in the Senate that had ...

Rule #1: When you’re a young parent enamored with hip-hop culture, you have to be a bit more careful. Growing up a native New Yorker, hip-hop was literally everywhere. From our beloved block in ...

If you are a fan of music that is old enough to listen to naughty words without a parent's permission, you likely want to hear your music as the artist recorded it, explicit lyrics or not. A few days ...

The 10-time Grammy nominee says she turned down a feature on Gunna’s “P Power” during her pregnancy. Parenthood tends to change many people and music stars are not immune. Nicki Minaj has been one of ...

Don't want your kids exposed to a steady stream of F-bombs or worse? Here's how to apply filters in the major music services. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, ...

Spotify has reportedly failed to block explicit lyrics in hits by the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Kanye West and more according to a new report by the BBC. The BBC report claims that even when ...

In many ways, Prince’s impact on music isn’t yet understood. He was immeasurably important to rock and to the music scene during his life, but his music lives on. It will continue to influence young ...

Young fans of Olivia Rodrigo, Eminem and other music stars have been shown explicit lyrics on Spotify even when users have blocked explicit content. The streaming service often shows a song's original ...

Rip her out the plastic, rapper Latto is acting brand new—and keeping it real when it comes to the sexually explicit nature of lyrics from today’s women rappers. Speaking in a new cover interview for ...

It took less than 15 months for TikTok to commandeer the attention of the music industry. The platform combines a giant and still-growing user base with a vaunted algorithm that repeatedly discovers ...

CHICAGO – Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found. Whether it's hip-hop, rap, pop or rock, much of ...

This morning, we reported that Nintendo had disabled Swapnote's SpotPass functionality due to safety concerns. The Japanese giant is clearly mindful of its younger fans, but doesn't seem to have ...