In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

Dallas-Fort Worth hip-hop has become a hotspot for discovering the next superstar. With New Dallas being the talk of the city, the drill scene’s undeniable popularity and boogie music making a ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

Lil Kim just earned another major accolade nearly thirty years after she changed the sound and style of rap. Billboard has officially ranked her debut album Hard Core as the greatest hip hop album ...

The long-running debate over Hip-Hop and Rap continues to shape global music culture, yet many listeners still struggle to understand the true difference between the two. The world of music is often ...

At the end of the 20th century, hip-hop was booming, but the mood was dour. Two of the greatest rappers of all time—2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.—had recently been violently killed. Artists were ...

Argentine rapper @Trueno first got his start in underground freestyle battles. Today, he is the most nominated rapper at this year’s Latin Grammys. He is up for awards in the rap/hip-hop song (“Fresh” ...

In 2010, the estate of the late rapper Big L, who died in 1999, released the album Return of the Devil’s Son posthumously. Donald Phinazee, the rapper’s brother, oversaw the project, stitching the ...

It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...

West Coast hip-hop is mourning the loss of one of its foundational voices. Mtulazaji Davis, better known as P.E.A.C.E., the iconic MC of Freestyle Fellowship, has died, the group confirmed via their ...

Bryan "Baby" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams attend YouTube Music Leaders and Legends at Nya Studios on June 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Verzuz, the competitive music battle series ...