The video is great and fun and all, but “Uptown Funk” live is where it’s at. WATCH: Is Bruno Mars the next Michael Jackson? Hear why! Thankfully, Mark has been carting Bruno around to all sorts of ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

Last month, the Brazilian artist Ludmilla made history: After powering through her hits during a breakout set at Coachella, she became the first Afro-Latina to perform at the music festival. She riled ...

April 26 (UPI) --Brazilian singer Anitta is back with new music. The 31-year-old recording artist released her sixth studio album, Funk Generation, on Friday. In a post on Instagram, Anitta explained ...

It might come as a surprise to non-Brazilians that the trailblazing pop star Anitta first started her career as an MC. In Brazil, this means you’re a baile funk singer. Born in Rio suburbs, the MC ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...