YouTube's recent announcement to stop sharing streaming data with Billboard for its U.S. music charts has sent ripples through the music industry, particularly concerning the status of hip-hop. This ...

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After nearly two hours of chatting, Izzy Hagerup throws her hands up in the air and admits, "I'm just really scared of music right now." Her eyes widen below her short-trimmed brown bangs. A smile ...

This video breaks down why metric is the global standard, how it’s defined by the laws of physics, and why the U.S., Liberia, and Myanmar remain the last holdouts. Could the world ever fully ...

The United States is one of just three countries that "prefers" imperial measurements over the international metric standard. The motivation why has less to do with official policy than you might ...

Astronomers have found that a weird space rock at the edge of the solar system is locked in a rhythmic dance with Neptune. The object, designated 2020 VN40, is part of a family of distant solar system ...

Daron Malakian has strong opinions about what’s missing in heavy music today: danger and risk. “I think you have a generation of fans who are very easily offended,” he tells Rolling Stone.

Enjoy a musical journey through our solar system with this engaging song. Returning Russian POWs pay heavy price for choosing surrender over death Shocking bodycam video shows Ohio shoplifting suspect ...

Welles, an Arkansas native, offers a cynical view of not just the U.S.’s healthcare system but the siloed state of the country in general. “There ain’t no ‘you’ in United Health, there ain’t no ‘me’ ...

Here’s a good trivia question: What are the only 3 countries in the world that do not use the metric system? Everybody knows the good ol’ hard headed USA is in there, but the other two? How about ...

Ice-T is not rocking with Donald Trump, but he’s also not with American’s 2-party political system. His new song compares the parties to gang wars. Ice-T, legendary rapper and frontman of the heavy ...