Hip-hop had its biggest year ever on stage. Rap artists accounted for 5.7% of the top 100 tour grosses in 2024, way up from 2.7% in 2023 and 3.4% in 2022. It’s the genre’s biggest market share ever, ...

Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' was the game-winning shot in an unforgettable rap feud with Drake that had everyone's attention in 2024.

Rap artists accounted for 5.7% of the top 100 tour grosses in 2024 ... due to recent performance on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums and/or Hot Rap Songs charts. Rankings are determined according ...

This chart-topping song (on multiple formats) spent 13 weeks at No. 1 on both the Mainstream Rock + Alternative Airplay ...

From Kendrick Lamar to Beyoncé and more, these were the biggest headlines across R&B, hip-hop and African genres this year.

Billboard’s Top Artists, along with the Top Billboard 200 Albums and Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century, are based on ...

Top Billboard 200 Album for ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Hot 100 Songwriter, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Billboard 200 Global Artist, Top Billboard Global (Excl.

Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco will serve as a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Institute to teach a rap ...