As hip-hop has become the most listened-to genre, Drake is perhaps its last true crossover artist: at home in pop and rap, radio and streaming. He will release his latest album, Scorpion, on June 29. Mike Windle/Getty Images hide caption
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John Coltrane (right) with McCoy Tyner at New Jersey's Van Gelder studios in 1963, one day after the session that would become the newly unveiled Both Directions at Once. Joe Alper/Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC hide caption
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z on stage in Glasgow during their On The Run II tour on June 9, one week before they released the collaborative album Everything Is Love. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Parkwood Entertainment hide caption
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Jay-Z and Beyoncé shook up the music world with past weekend with a surprise release of their first collaborative album Everything Is Love. Christopher Polk/Getty Images hide caption
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The hosts of Hot 97's Ebro in the Morning (left to right: Ebro Darden, Laura Stylez, Peter Rosenberg) in New York in 2015. Johnny Nunez/Getty Images hide caption
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Dave Matthews Band performs in St Paul., Minn. in February. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for CBS Radio Inc. hide caption