Mom-and-pop shops face challenges from chain stores and e-commerce, making survival tougher. Each mom-and-pop shop offers a unique experience, unlike standardized chain stores. Patronizing mom-and ...

Viral events didn’t take a day off this year. Let’s take a take a stroll down memory lane with a look at some of the biggest pop culture moments from 2024. As the curtains opened on 2024, Elmo sent ...

2024 has been filled with hip-hop highlights. While the culture experiences celebratory moments, the rap world has also been shaken multiple times due to the deaths of members of the hip-hop ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

At last, it’s the end of the December, otherwise known as the season finale for the year 2024. To recap: We laughed, we cried, we were mindful, we were demure, we had a Brat summer, and we held ...

In good news, it was the year that Sabrina Carpenter *finally* received her flowers as an artist and arguably blew up with the release of the summer pop hit “Espresso.” 2024 also saw some breakout ...

This past summer, the K-pop group Stray Kids debuted atop the Billboard ... as a new album called HOP debuts atop the charts. That's a run of six straight No. 1 debuts, all of them within a ...

SEOUL – K-pop boy band Stray Kids marked a historic milestone by ranking No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for the sixth time with their latest album Hop. The octet are the first act in the 69 ...

Takashi Murakami is a pop culture behemoth ... The fact that I created a hip-hop duo with JP The Wavy—MNNK Bro.—and we released our debut single “Mononoke Kyoto.” Tell us about the ...

and pair it with Felix’s Hop beanie. Not only do you get fittingly stylish clothing, but you can also get a hold of an official Stray Kids lightstick to really show your love for the K-pop band. We ...

This week, Stray Kids’ HOP becomes the 19th album or EP to achieve that feat. There have been multiple No. 1 titles on the Billboard 200 by K-pop acts in every year since 2018 except for 2021 ...