Kendrick Lamar, performing in Los Angeles in June, was among the most important and inescapable voices in any genre of music in 2024. Timothy Norris/Getty Images hide caption
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This week, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard release Flight b741, the prolific and peripatetic Australian band's 26th album. Maclay Heriot/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pharrell performs on Solar stage at Something In The Water festival. Darrius Cook/NPR hide caption
Atlanta rapper Latto belongs to a lineage of women inspired by Miami icon Trina, whose sexually explicit bars have both challenged gendered double standards and shown their staying power. Breyona Holt/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Mulatto plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption