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NEW YORK -- The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It's a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, ...

Pastor and artist Trip Lee shares how a keen understanding of lament and physical struggles influenced his latest project, a ...

Jason Wilson’s rite of passage for young Detroit men is helping them become spiritually, emotionally, and physically healthy. I stood at the perimeter of a room carpeted with tatami mats, watching a ...

One of the most influential voices of the seminal magazine The Source, he chronicled rap’s rise and its explosion into the ...

Pulling out all the stops. Against all odds, it seems like one of the biggest trends in country music heading into 2026 is none other than the continued crossover into Christian music. While, of ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

In 2025, we shed tears and mourn the ones that we lost. Pay your respects. The Hip-Hop world lost a true pioneer when Gene “Groove” Allen passed away in February 2025. As a key member of Groove B.

This year’s Best Rap Album race should come down to lyrical titans Kendrick Lamar and Clipse, even if the other three nominees are all worthy in their own right. According to Genius VP of Music and ...

Pusha T and B.Dot debate and rank the greatest coke rap songs ever, from classic hits to modern bangers, in this Complex Brackets episode. Who will be crowned the ultimate winner? Mike Johnson gives ...

Christmas celebrations returned this year to both Bethlehem and Nazareth, but the season is unfolding very differently in the two cities that sit at the heart of Christianity — Bethlehem, the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...