The 2025 Essence Festival Put New Orlean’s Rich Food
New Orleans is known for a few things, but somewhere at the top of the list is its food. Local cuisine is one of the most cited reasons for New Orleans’ booming tourism trade, and it has some of the most recognizable regional dishes in American cuisine. If you’re going to NOLA, you’re going for […]
Ric Wilson Raises A Glass To Chicago With Rémy Martin
Chicago phenom Ric Wilson creates the kind of music that makes the walls sweat – a kinetic blend of funk, disco, and hip-hop that gets crowds to their feet and fans itching to catch him performing live. But even as the hype behind his music career builds, he stays smooth, cool, bold, and balanced – […]
Best Summer Travel Advice, According To Our Favorite DJs
The Uproxx Music Travel Hot List series is sponsored by Priceline, where you can go to book your next music travel adventure. Nobody knows travel like a DJs and musicians. Planes, trains, cars… yachts! There isn’t a mode of transportation that these artists don’t love to both ride and perform in. That’s why when we […]
Hip Hop Journalist Elliott Wilson Talks Wu-Tang’s Farewell
There isn’t a single group more transformative to hip-hop than the Wu-Tang Clan. They redefined what hip hop could be, forever changing and morphing rap music into their image, inspiring multiple generations of artists and even reaching beyond music. Simply put, we struggle to imagine what hip hop — with all its disparate sub-genres and […]
The 2025 Uproxx Music Travel Hot List
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Essence Festival Of Culture 2025 Lives Up To Its Name
While the event is technically called the Essence Festival of Culture, one of its biggest draws is the nightly concert featuring some of the biggest names in Black music. But at the 2025 Essence Fest in New Orleans, those names and the music they represent could be seen, heard, and felt throughout the weekend, all […]
Danny L Harle And PinkPantheress Share ‘Starlight’
Danny L Harle is busy. He was a primary producer and co-writer on Dua Lipa and Caroline Polachek’s most recent albums, and in general, he’s usually bringing his special sauce to somebody else’s project. Now, though, he’s getting back in the solo realm with “Starlight,” his first new music since his 2021 debut album Harlecore. […]
Syd Shares ‘Die For This,’ A New Solo Song
Syd has been busy, but it’s been a while since we’ve had new solo music from her. It’s been three years, actually, but that changes with today’s (July 7) release of a new single, “Die For This.” The track initially premiere today on BBC Radio 1’s New Music Show as the “Hottest Record In The […]
Lana Del Rey And Addison Rae Perform ‘Diet Pepsi’: Video
This past weekend was incredibly packed in terms of live music. Oasis finally reunited. So did Blackpink, and so did Black Sabbath. Amid all that, Lana Del Rey had a couple shows at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium, too, on July 3 and 4. On both nights, Del Rey tapped Addison Rae as her opener, and […]
Elliott Wilson’s Best Hip-Hop Songs & Albums Of 2025 So Far
We live in the Dot era. After demolishing rap rival Drake last year, Kendrick Lamar’s victory lap has dominated 2025 and the current hip-hop landscape. Super Bowl performance. More Grammy wins. “Not Like Us” still in rotation. “Luther” reigning for 13 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Record-breaking stadium status tour […]