Nicki Minaj Took a Hard Turn Right. It’s Shocking—and a Long Time Coming.

The rapper has been slipping into more conservative territory for quite some time now. In order to understand her final ...

Chuck Negron, Hitmaking Singer With Three Dog Night, Dies at 83

His tenor anchored generational hits like “Joy to the World” and “One” by one of pop music’s commercial powerhouses of the ...

Where are all the protest songs?

Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, ...

From work songs to hip-hop, 'call and response' shaped Black music

For Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison kicks off a weekly series with a deep dive into the history ...

Three Dog Night's Chuck Negron, voice behind 'Joy to the World,' dies at 83

LOS ANGELES -- Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits including “Joy to the World," “One” and “An Old Fashioned Love Song” for one of the top ...

Mark Zuckerberg's 2004 coding jams were loud, emo, and very on brand

Mark Zuckerberg published a playlist of five songs he was pumping while building Facebook in 2004. It includes hard-rocking ...