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 ...

Widely cited as one of the greatest concept albums of the modern era, Kendrick Lamar's major-label debut immerses listeners ...

Clean rap, hip-hop, and R&B playlists are expanding with mixes that merge current chart-toppers and classics in non-explicit versions for all-age listening. Platforms like Spotify, SoundCloud, and ...

The 1980s was a great decade for rap. This is no skips: three rap albums from the 1980s you'll never have to fast-forward.

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

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 ...

Rap music has a way of marking moments in our lives, tying certain songs or albums to specific feelings, places, and eras. Part of what makes rap so appealing is its honesty. At its best, it reflects ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

This past fall, for the first time since 1990, there wasn’t a single rap song in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. Megan Thee Stallion briefly shifted the disappointing mark with a new single shortly ...

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 ...