Jon Lewis

"It's just surreal to me," Isaiah Rashad tells NPR Music. "It feels like I'm still working in like my old fast food s***, no matter how many times we do this." Spencer Sease/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Public Enemy, What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Steve Arrington, Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Run the Jewels perform in 2017. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Elmo, left, and Lil Nas X perform on The Not-Too-Late Show. YouTube hide caption

Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga in the video for "Rain On Me." Screenshot by NPR hide caption

Carly Rae Jepsen released Dedicated Side B Thursday morning. Natalie O'Moore/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

After re-releasing three of his earlier mixtapes to streaming services last month, Future released High Off Life, his first new album of 2020, Friday. Mike Hamilton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Bengsons entered the song "Pulls Out" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption

Ariana Grande released "Stuck With U," a new song with Justin Bieber, as a COVID-19 relief fundraiser Friday. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Darling Din entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Velvet." YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

Drake released a new mixtape Dark Lane Demo Tapes at midnight Friday and teased a new album to come in an Instagram post. Sydney Feinberg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Beastie Boys' Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz in 1993. Diamond and Horovitz lead a live history session on the group in Spike Jonze's new Apple TV+ documentary, Beastie Boys Story. Apple TV+ hide caption

Danielle Ponder submitted the song "Poor Man's Pain" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption

Kacey Musgraves released "Oh, What A World 2.0" Wednesday morning, an Earth Day fundraiser for the World Wildlife Fund. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Matthew Seligman performs with Thomas Dolby and his band at a 2010 concert in London. Andy Sheppard/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption

Stacey Joy entered the song "Can't Be Found" for the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest YouTube/NPR hide caption