From 'Fire Island' to Farmingdale': 8 songs that name-check Long Island (and not one's by Billy Joel!)

Long Island-themed songs across genres include hits by Village People, Rufus Wainwright and They Might Be Giants.

This rap group put ‘Strong Island’ on the hip-hop map, broke through NYC barrier

They’re still number one in the 631. Rap pioneers JVC Force put the suburbs on the hip-hop map with the iconic anthem “Strong ...
Yahoo

The Lonely Island Make Surprise Return to ‘SNL’ With New Rap Song ‘Sushi Glory Hole’: Watch

The Lonely Island returned to Saturday Night Live on Oct. 5 with a hilarious new track about consuming sushi in some unsavory places. In the trio’s first song on the long-running show since 2018, ...
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Pop Goes Hip-Hop: Take Rap's "Exit" From Billboard's Top 40 With A Grain Of Salt

"Just A Friend" screamed POP HIT! The "vocalist," a Long Island, New York MC, deejay and beat boxing jokester, was laughably ...
TheWrap

‘SNL’ Debuts New Lonely Island Song ‘Sushi Glory Hole’ | Video

Lonely Island is back on “Saturday Night Live” with their first song since 2018. Andy Samberg was joined by groupmate Akiva Schaffer on “Sushi Glory Hole,” which sings the praises of an app that ...
The Washington Post

The Roots, an Island In Rap's Mainstream

Hip-hop's pushing 30, and with the transition from youth to -- gasp -- being grown, comes the requisite navel-gazing. From movies like "Brown Sugar" to coffee-table picture books like "Who Shot Ya?" ...
American Songwriter

New Song Saturday: Hear New Tracks From Atmosphere, Future Islands, MGMT, and More

Music can make your day. One song playing at the right moment—perhaps with the right cup of coffee in your favorite mug, and the sun coming through the window—can really make life worth living. We ...
Billboard

Rap Streaming Songs

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR STREAMED RAP SONGS (AUDIO AND VIDEO) ON LEADING DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICES, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. click to see more X.Landum, Charlie Handsome, K.O'Brien Gaines, Y.H.Chain, ...