From inspiring the latest 'Fast and Furious' mixtape to the launch of an official phonk Spotify playlist that's collected over 3 millions likes, it's time to get phonky. By Elias Leight Kordhell ...

The sample platform's first-ever release of its year-end stats reveals big gains in African music and country downloads while showing dips in hip-hop and K-pop. By Kristin Robinson Senior Writer Music ...

In the past month, the music artist with the largest audience across YouTube platforms wasn’t Bad Bunny or Taylor Swift. It was Slxughter, a phonk producer. The term probably doesn’t sound familiar, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration by Chris Panicker You’ve heard it before. The drums feel like anvils dropped on your skull. The bass is a squishy ...

Phonk, the dark, hypnotic blend of Memphis rap samples, trap beats, and drift culture aesthetics, has surged from underground SoundCloud circles into mainstream TikTok trends and festival stages. Its ...

Phonk has grown from a Memphis rap-inspired underground sound into one of Spotify’s most-followed genres, fueled by TikTok’s car culture and drift video trends. Its signature distorted 808s, cowbell ...

New data released by SoundCloud suggests last year was dominated by the obscure offshoot of hip-hop. But does it explain the success of Desiigner’s Panda? Remember 2016? Almost nobody does. It was a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Music tech company Splice has partnered with Billboard to exclusively release key data about what sounds have trended among their ...

YouTube Shorts and TikToks are often set to electronic dance music with rap roots that’s become the unconscious hum of vertical video while making its creators rich. By Andrea Prada Bianchi In the ...