Rapper Kid Cudi testified Thursday about alleged incidents with Combs. This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing. The second ...

On Dec. 16, 2003, Memphis Bleek released his album M.A.D.E., which scored points for its high-quality production and standout ...

After hours spent sitting through Art Basel traffic, and an equally exhausted line snaking outside the Cartier event, Miami ...

The rift dates back to Cudi’s 2010 Complex interview where he brushed off Wale’s artistry in blunt fashion. Wale still remembers the moment in exact detail as Cudi said then people like Wale get mad ...

I don’t even know if I was raped and I don’t want to know,” singer Aubrey O'Day says, addressing an alleged assault by Sean Combs in "The Reckoning." ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...