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 ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Miami Tip comes face-to-face with Allan’s wife in a new episode of “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” airing on Tuesday, November 18. The hit docu-soap franchise “Love & Hip Hop” turns up the heat in Miami and ...

The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “luther” from the Billboard Hot 100 chart has reignited the heated debate of rap’s decline in 2025. The conversations are unsurprising when this is the first ...

Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music. By Alex Williams When Marcyliena H.

Marcyliena H. Morgan was teaching an urban speech communities course at the University of California Los Angeles, nearly 35 years ago when her students began focusing on musicians in their assignments ...

It's almost quaint to think of a "hip-hop game" by modern standards; hip-hop is everywhere. You can't escape its prevalence and influence. But there was a time when it was, at least in some circles, a ...

2024 was a crazy year, but it was actually a really good year for Hip-Hop. Check out some of the best albums of the year, but we left space for you to tell us YOUR favorite! 2024 was an insane year ...

What a difference a year makes. At the end of 2023, GloRilla, Latto and Doechii had each earned namesake notoriety and steady rotation in playlists. Repping Memphis, Atlanta and Tampa, they stood in ...

In the world of hip-hop, 2024 has been full of drama, viral moments, triumphs and letdowns. The year began with criticisms of the Grammys’ treatment of Black artists and is ending with conversations ...

CMG/Interscope Records (3)/Columbia Records/pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Young Stoner Life Records/300 Entertainment Vote for 2025’s Most Valuable Rapper Vote for 2025’s Most Valuable Rapper Tony ...

The year in hip-hop was defined by an epic battle between two of the genre’s biggest stars, Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Kendrick’s decisive victory over Drizzy culminated in one of the year’s best rap ...