Rap music made headlines for losing its Billboard chart dominance, but it's being celebrated more than ever at the 2026 Grammys. So what's going on?

Virginia Beach natives Pharrell Williams and rap duo Clipse, featuring Pusha T and Malice, performed Sunday on music’s “biggest night” at the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

The news may indicate a dip in rap’s dominance in mainstream music, but the music publication has also changed its top 100 rules. Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. Billboard reported ...

In 1894, “The Little Lost Child” went “platinum” off sheet music sales in what might be considered the first successful music video marketing campaign. Innovations in aurafarming have taken things to dizzying heights since, sometimes literally ...

It’s certainly no secret: Some of the most innovative rap music videos dropped in 2000s. To this day, artists are using work from those years as inspiration. Listen in as hosts Jahliel Thurman and Ahmeer Holt discuss their top three rap music videos from ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Rico Nasty, and Doechii. I don’t know what was going on for the past seven days, but this week’s column is a doozy. To be fair, a sizable portion of this week’s absurd ...

Was February unseasonably warm where you live too? I think that's why the past month felt especially turnt up — not only are the days longer, but it's 66 and sunny out. I didn't take a week off work, but it feels like spring break came early. A lot of ...

The 2026 Grammy Awards aired Sunday night on CBS with Trevor Noah returning as host for the final time. Some of the best and brightest artists, songwriters and producers were awarded statuettes on “music’s biggest night.