YouTube Shorts and TikToks are often set to electronic dance music with rap roots that’s become the unconscious hum of vertical video while making its creators rich.

SXMPRA is one of the best emerging phonk acts, and is showing no signs of slowing down. We were lucky enough to have the chance to interview the 10k Projects signee, fresh off of the release of his ...

You’ve heard it before. The drums feel like anvils dropped on your skull. The bass is a squishy bubble of mad distortion. There’ll probably be some cowbells, and there might be someone trilling in ...

This Saturday. FDR Park in South Philadelphia will be filled with Philly musicians playing that PHONKy music. PHonk!Philly is a version of HONK!, a series of locally organized festivals in cities all ...

The growth of phonk isn’t exactly under the radar, but the sheer scale of some of the genre’s leading lights may still shock many people within the music industry. The […] ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration by Chris Panicker You’ve heard it before. The drums feel like anvils dropped on your skull. The bass is a squishy ...