Briana Younger
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NPR Music has launched The South Got Something To Say, a canon of Southern hip-hop. Its creator, critic Briana Younger, and NPR's Rodney Carmichael explained the project on All Things Considered. -
Southern rappers' contributions to the genre have long been underestimated in favor of coastal hegemony – but the region has long steered the sound of hip-hop and deserves its story told in full. -
The rapper quickly drew attention over the course of 2019, as one of the newest and brightest stars of an emerging generation of New York artists. -
Weekend Edition's final music starter kit surveys the modern landscape of hip-hop, from the energetic bars of DaBaby and Rico Nasty to the spoken word-influenced Saba and Noname. -
Summer Walker's album, Over It, debuted earlier this month — and it's already broken records. Music critic Briana Younger of The New Yorker discusses some of the album's standout songs. -
The album, with its star-studded tracklist featuring only women, isn't just one of the most successful soundtracks ever made, but a beloved, standalone R&B album. -
On her new EP, Dereaux — an architectural designer by day and an R&B singer-songwriter by night — explores the large-scale impact of heartache projected outward. -
In a meditative take on the Bible's creation story, the self-described "ritual pop" singer seeks a feminine-based understanding of the divine — the hidden female face of God. -
The bright and bouncy dance track adds a new color to the Maryland-born rapper's production palette — but the song's energy belies its lyrical content. -
The singer and rapper chooses funk music and love as means of self-care. In this video, Jones' locs are the symbolic star: a connection to his love interest and to post-relationship baggage.
