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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Users of Spotify’s family plan will finally be getting some parental controls later this year, including a long-awaited filter for songs with explicit lyrics. Spotify listeners in Ireland who are ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The music streaming service Deezer is developing an AI tool to help determine whether new songs added to its library should be flagged as explicit. The new tool is still in development, but company ...

Parenthood tends to change many people and music stars are not immune. Nicki Minaj has been one of the most popular rappers in the game for a long time thanks to her provocative lyricism. However, ...