Republic Records drops the term "urban"

One of the most powerful record labels in the US, Republic Records will stop using the word "urban" to describe music of black origin, High Snobiety reports. The company, which is home to Drake, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone and Taylor Swift, says it will no longer use the term to describe "departments, employee titles and music genres". "We encourage the rest of the music industry to follow suit," it added. Republic didn't announce any other term to replace it with. The term is often considered to be a generalisation that marginalizes music by black artists.