Hip-hop has been super volatile over the last couple of years. Given all the questions swirling around the genre during its 50th decade-who are the new stars? Where are the hit records? Is hip-hop on ...

Danny Brown is no stranger to the rap scene; he’s been pumping out music since 2010, yet with each new release, he finds a way to reinvent himself as a musician and a performer. His Stardust Tour for ...

What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

The Travis Scott signee came up in the shadow of his mentor's rootless sound. On 'Octane,' he taps his hometown's lineage and finds a star power all his own February 5, 20261:49 PM ET ...

Kendrick Lamar’s award-season dominance continues with NAACP nominations, capping another monumental year for the rapper. The 56th NAACP Image Awards have unveiled their nominees and Hip-Hop artists ...

**For clarity, rap and hip-hop are used interchangeably throughout the article, as both represent the same space in music charts.** Additionally, in mid-September 2025, only four hip-hop songs were on ...

More than 40 fans of beleaguered Vallejo hip-hop artist LaRussell, facing growing criticism over provacative lyrics in his ...

J. Cole, who dropped the biggest-selling hip-hop album in the past year, will perform Aug. 18 at Target Center in Minneapolis. Cole announced his Fall-Off Tour, which begins July 11 in Charlotte, N.C.

The KISS frontman slammed the institution for including rap and hip-hop artists: "I don't come from the ghetto, it doesn't speak my language." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Gene Simmons says ...