Russell VanAlstyne, 28, of Johnstown, left, and Jackson Simpson, 26, of Root, right, the creators of “Take Me Down to Stewy’s,” are interviewed on Tuesday at the Times Union in Colonie. The creative ...

It was a very upstate kind of moment. Jackson Simpson was listening to music on his porch in the Montgomery County town of Root, when Cali Swag District's "Teach Me How to Dougie" came on. It's the ...

Alternative rock bands are diverse and wide-ranging, but they all share a common trait: blending genres. Many grunge bands, for example, combined heavy metal riffs with a punk ethos. Some of the ...

Tupac Shakur was one of the most influential pop culture figures of the '90s. His rap lyrics echoed the voices of disaffected Black youth, and in some songs, he sought to lift his community out of ...

After years of virulent antisemitic comments, the American rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, told an Orthodox rabbi on Tuesday in New York that he was ready to “make amends” for his actions.

Generative artificial intelligence is seeping deeper into our cultural fabric by the day. In just two years, AI videos of Will Smith eating spaghetti have evolved from poorly developed nightmare fuel ...

Young Bleed’s family says he is not dead, and his condition remains unclear. Young Bleed is alive but currently in intensive care, not dead as rumored. Family requests privacy and asks people not to ...

Ice Cube is telling people who suggest he's too old to rap to refrain from telling him to act his age. The hip-hop icon recently dropped a new collaboration with Scarface titled "Act My Age," a tongue ...

If you're a fan of Stewart's Shops, there's a catchy new song that is going viral online about the popular convenience chain. A group of artists from upstate New York recently took their love of ...

Yung Lean spoke about his relationship with Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Travis Scott in a new interview with The New York ...