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The rapper Playboi Carti's much-hyped MUSIC leads this week in albums. Plus, the rapper Doechii continues to make gains with her recently released "Anxiety" and Chappell Roan finds minor country chart success with "The Giver."

We take a listen to some of the protest songs of 2020, including Black Lives Matter by Richard Alexander, Mercy by Joy Oladokun and Anderson Paak's Lockdown.

Coronavirus life just got super real for parents. Many suddenly have the task of making sure their kids learn while adjusting to a new life of managing working exclusively from home.

As college athletes nationwide rush to ink individual sponsorship deals under a new NCAA policy, North Carolina is the first to say it will license players in groups alongside school trademarks.

Rapper Curtis Roach tells NPR about how his life has changed since his song "Bored in the House" became a viral quarantine hit.

Nancy Coyne is a wildlife rehabilitator who has been documenting the experience of raising a lone beaver. His name is Beave.

Bradford Harris, a 20-year-old punk musician in Kentucky, is using the pandemic downtime to learn something new: making banjos. It led Harris down an unexpected trail.

The R&B star got his first big break less than two years ago with a feature on the Drake hit "Chicago Freestyle." Since then, he's released hit after hit.

Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Stevie Nicks are among the artists who have sold off all or part of their back catalogs. Why are they forgoing future royalties and creative control over their songs?

Want to know why the ice cream machine always seems to be broken at McDonald's? NPR's Kelsey Snell talks with Andy Greenberg, of Wired, who has investigated this long-standing and vexing issue.