DJ Lavender, DJ Man Dies. and Typo Typo formed the Cybershock collective to host queer-focused electronic dance music events. The group aims to counter the separation of queer and straight spaces in the local EDM scene and address the erasure of the genre's Black and gay origins.

As Leslie Cheung and Faye Wong echo through the nightclub, a love letter to Cantopop gives the city a space for joy and belonging Early last year, I started noticing friends posting Instagram stories from a roaming club night called Cantomania.

Twitch is finally giving DJs a place to get paid for streaming their sets—and compensate the artists they spin. Its limited catalog of songs and opaque earnings plan may leave some streamers cold. Twitch’s DJ Program works like this: Those looking to ...

Twenty years into his career, DJ Drama keeps his beloved mixtape series Gangsta Grillz alive as one of hip-hop’s great cross-generational creators. Interview: Peter A. Berry Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Spring 2023 issue of XXL Magazine ...

Ahead of Spotify’s upcoming Stream On event, where the company is expected to announce a redesigned home feed and other updates, the company today launched a new AI feature called “DJ” to better personalize the music listening experience for its users.

Humans want fundamentally incompatible things from music services. "We want to listen to all the stuff that everyone likes, but also only the stuff that we like," said New Yorker staff writer Kelefa Sanneh, the author of Major Labels: A History of Popular ...

Jon Sumrall's recent comments on DJ Lagway raises eyebrows over the player's next move in college football world.

DJ Akademiks has alleged that Playboi Carti was initially featured on Drake's "No Face," but was axed because it took shots at The Weeknd's XO crew.