A synth or guitar is always prickling in the background, casting a putrid haze. His rapping has a frail, slithering quality; his vocal tone morphs between cute squeakiness and ragged rottweiler ...

Billboard's staff dissects Music and Lizzo's return. By Michael Saponara It’s been a long road from Playboi Carti’s Whole Lotta Red to Music. King Vamp ended the drought with his first album ...

Playboi Carti shocked Rolling Loud fans by bringing Kai Cenat and Dabo onstage during his set with The Weeknd.

Shortly thereafter, Carti reshared an Instagram Reel posted by Opium, captioned, “H00DBYAIR #IAMMUSIC.” Toward the end of the song, Carti raps, “I was 24 when I had lil Onyx / 27 when I had ...

Playboi Carti keeps inching closer and closer to the void. The visionary rapper’s new album, “Music,” makes nihilism feel something like ecstasy.

It’s Carti, masked up and armed with guns, in a run-down and seemingly abandoned house. For much of the time, it’s Carti and a shirtless guitarist who looks like he plays in a crust punk band.

You’d be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Playboi Carti’s new album, simply titled Music, is finally here.With a whopping 30 tracks, it’s proven to be a bountiful feast for ...