Streams of chill, endless hip-hop beats set to visuals of animated characters have taken over YouTube, beloved by millions of users who listen to these videos while working or trying to fall asleep.

Dion Lewis was trying to make the best out of a difficult situation. Last August, when a storm left his Chicago neighborhood without electricity for a week, he improvised. Lewis had recently created a ...

Making the perfect work/study/chill playlist is the finest of arts, which is why, TBH, I've largely stopped trying. Don't get me wrong — I still have a "what I'm listening to now" playlist, a generic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: @LofiGirl / YouTube LoFi Girl, a popular YouTube study streamer notable for their livestreams, which include lo-fi ...

From lo-fi hip-hop to classical scores, the right background music can help you lock in on your work without feeling overwhelmed. Science shows that instrumental, steady-tempo tracks can improve ...

Depending on whom you ask, lo-fi hip-hop is a creative feat of the Internet age, a punchline, or a meaningless label tacked on to souped-up elevator music. The genre started roughly a decade ago among ...