Hip-hop has always been music’s mirror to the social and political climate in a reflection that crosses global boundaries, and a new generation of artists has rewritten the definition of rap to make ...

We wanted it to feel real,” the NBA superstar tells GQ of the star-studded LP, 'Legend In My Hood,' he executive produced ...

Hip-hop is defined by its sub-genres. With each new decade or era, rappers of different regions and origins provide their own take on hip-hop, creating a new branch on the tree of the genre and ...

May was a month jam-packed with new hip-hop releases, so let’s jump past the preamble and get into it. Not only did we get a pack of early “best hip-hop album of the year” contenders, but we also saw ...

We live in the Dot era. After demolishing rap rival Drake last year, Kendrick Lamar’s victory lap has dominated 2025 and the current hip-hop landscape. Super Bowl performance. More Grammy wins. “Not ...

Yeah, I know we already listed the hip-hop songs that dominated 1998, so it’s only right we look back at the albums that were being spun throughout the year. While the list of albums isn’t quite as ...

Lil Uzi Vert and their new album Pink Tape could finally bring hip-hop its first Billboard Number One album of 2023 next week — a rare delay for the genre, which has gone more than half the year ...

Now that Billboard ’s R&B/hip-hop team has posted its Grammy predictions for four of the R&B categories in the 68th annual ...

The decade of the 2000s was an incredibly important one for rap music. In these 10 years, hip-hop legends either launched their careers with iconic debuts, or continued their already-dominant runs ...

T.I. Dropped His Debut Album 'I'm Serious' 24 Years Ago T.I. Dropped His Debut Album 'I'm Serious' 24 Years Ago ...

DMX, Run DMC and Public Enemy (Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Live Nation, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images x2) Asking someone to name their favorite rap album is like asking what their ...