Alex Gonzalez

St. Vincent is a great example of why some phrases stick around long after they’ve graduated to a cliché: In this case, “You can take the girl out of Texas but you can’t take Texas out of the girl” seems freakishly fitting.

When Mike Jones, Slim Thug and Paul Wall first cut “Still Tippin,’” they weren’t seeking superstardom, just a bonafide street hit. But with the classic track, the three Houston MCs — and the people behind them — propelled Houston into a hip-hop hub.

The word “demure” has been named Dictionary.com’s 2024 Word of the Year, largely due to the creativity of TikToker Jools Lebron.

There's no doubt Charli XCX had one of the biggest albums of the year — and with her sixth studio album, Brat, she launched not only a prominent music era, but also a cultural movement.
The Collins Dictionary, which selected the word "brat" as 2024's Word of the Year, defines the term as "a child, especially an impudent, unruly child," and is typically used as a "scornful or playful term," but shared that the word has evolved to also describe a "confident, independent and hedonistic attitude....

Richard Linklater’s Boyhood was a cinematic anomaly from its inception. Filmed over the course of 11 years, the narrative told as its actors aged, Boyhood didn’t have the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. But upon its premiere 10 years ago this month, the film proved to be an undeniable hit. It earned three Golden Globe wins and six Oscar nominations. A decade after its premiere, the journey behind Boyhood—both onscreen and off—makes the movie both defiant of Hollywood expectations and a ge...

Hispanic queer actors and characters are a prominent force in today’s television landscape — and the representation is more nuanced than ever before. As streaming and television networks are quickly becoming saturated with TV programs, the representation of newer characters has told funnier, messier, and more relatable and vital stories. But will these stories continue to unfold?

Lil Yachty has come full circle. Before music, Yachty worked as a McDonald’s crew member, during which time, he crafted one of his artistic hallmarks — the signature vibrant red hair that made him stand out when he first stepped onto the scene.

The New York singer-songwriter's latest 36-minute album is her shortest to date, but it's also her strongest.

On this day in 1994, the New York MC released a conscious debut that cut through the noise of socioeconomic inequality, gang violence and the emotional turmoil with pensive verses, stellar flow and a blueprint for brilliance. It also endures as one of the greatest albums of all time across all genres.

Rapper JT of City Girls has carved out a path of her own.

In her 2013 HBO documentary, Life Is But a Dream, Beyoncé lamented the state of the music industry. At the time, she was frustrated that artists weren’t making full, cohesive bodies of work.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, as artists went into a panic watching dozens of festival appearances and tours get canceled, R&B singer Daniel Caesar was able to ride the stratospheric success of Justin Bieber’s “Peaches,” on which he features alongside Giveon, as the song shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Then, he got to work.
Setting up shop in a small town a couple hours outside of Toronto, he spent days writing, crafting beats, and putting together the album that would becom...

HBO Max’s newest true crime series, Love & Death, tells the story of a North Texas scandal. In 1980, a Wylie woman named Candy Montgomery was accused of murdering Betty Gore, the wife of her lover, Allan Gore. For over four decades, the case has proven polarizing. Some believe that Betty, who is played by Lily Rabe in the series, had planned to kill Montgomery, and Montgomery was acting in self-defense. Others believe this was Montgomery's way of getting Allan all to herself.
While this case ...