Hip Hop was alive and well this year, despite rap momentarily dropping out of the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for about two weeks. There were big tours, major collaborations among some of our favorite ...

In April 2024, when Illmatic turned 30, Andscape called it “rap’s perfect album,” while BET dubbed it a masterpiece. Later ...

Because the hip-hop genre has grown over the past three decades into a tremendous force in American and international popular culture, it can be easy to forget how relatively young it is, originating ...

From Illmatic to The Chronic, these are the most important—and greatest—rap albums of the ’90s. One rule changed everything: ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...

I see them snubbing Pop Smoke, and maybe giving him a Rap Performance nod. I see SUGA getting in, Megan will most likely be a big contender for BNA and a ROTY nominee, so I can see the Rap committee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip Hop in 2025 didn’t move in a straight line — it expanded, paused, reflected, and, in many cases, recalibrated. Rather than ...