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NPR Music contributor Erika Ramirez charts the viral ascent of Drake's new music video — and some of the conversations flourishing in the background.

In 1917, the Hall brothers sold tissue paper during the holiday season for gift wrap in a shop in downtown Kansas City, Mo — until they ran out. They quickly turned to something they had on hand, envelope liners; they sold out again, and a few years later, they were printing their own decorative gift wrap. It was the first product Hallmark made other than gift cards.

No one's voice has ever soared like this.

The descendants of the coastal Brazilian city have a long, mixed history, making for quite the vibrant display and musical celebration. One style of music is even said to make the blood boil.

British actor Sir Roger Moore began his career as a model and small-time MGM studio player but was best known for stepping into the role of James Bond in the 1970s and 1980s.

The first Corvette rolled off the assembly line on this day back in 1953. And it certainly made an impression. We present a montage of the Corvette's influence on pop culture the past 60 years.

Commentator Diana Nyad recently spent two weeks at Wimbledon. She has these thoughts on what sets that tournament above other tennis grand slams: French Open, Australian Open and U.S. Open.

Interaction designer and storyteller David Al-Ibrahim talks about his project, "Calling Thunder: The Unsung History of Manhattan," which has sounds of Manhattan island before the Dutch arrival.

As Republicans look to overhaul the tax code, we look at the story of a single corporate tax deduction that tells us a lot about how the tax code works.

While the nation's attention has largely been on hurricanes, the wildfire crisis in Montana and much of the Northwest continues to worsen with no reprieve from the weather in sight.