It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...

As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending a streak that's lasted for over 35 years. By Andrew Unterberger With ...

Haitian rapper Jonathan Wens Désir, better known as MechansT, has been missing for a year. However, despite one arrest, there have not been any significant developments in the investigation.

These were the words of an elderly Creole woman from New Orleans, who spoke to me recently in light of the elevation of Robert Prevost to office of the Holy See. Those words spoke to a long tradition ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the newly appointed Catholic leader who took the name Pope Leo XIV, has a surprising connection to a Louisiana community with unique origins in the United States. The ...

Although he’s a lifelong music lover, BAL only started making music around five years ago, initially creating in Haitian Creole, but now his tracks are delivered in English and French as well. BAL, ...

Jenny Adams has been a full-time freelance writer and photographer since 2007, contributing to more than 50 travel and luxury lifestyle publications. Her focus is often on great places to dine and ...

Haitian farmers bring their Creole pigs for evaluation and extermination in a field in Haiti, in 1982. The WLRN film The Creole Pig tells the forgotten story of the Creole pig in Haiti and why it ...

ROSEAU, Dominica —Throughout the year, Dominica’s lush and nature-rich island is an excellent place to experience the rich heritage of Creole music and culture. The island is, however, transformed ...

What a time to be alive in 2024! Where do we start with 2024? The elephant in the room, the Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud, was a seismic event that reverberated throughout the year’s pop culture, ...