Lil Uzi Vert captures the crown on Billboard ’s Hot Rap Songs chart for the first time in three years as “What You Saying” ...

On this date 45 years ago, Blondie released “Rapture,” a genre bending single that quietly became one of the most important ...

With no obvious consensus about where hip-hop is headed, here are 15-occasionally reckless-predictions for rap music in 2025.

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from EST Gee, Nardo Wick, and Will Smith. Sounds like an odd combo, right? After all, Will Smith has largely been recognized as the ...

Issa Rae’s City Girls-inspired musical dramedy, Rap Sh!t, has returned for a second season of Miami-based indie rap shenanigans on Max. With its return comes another season soundtrack packed with the ...

*Season 2 of Issa Rae’s widely acclaimed series “Rap Sh!t” returned to MAX on Nov. 9, and to celebrate, we spoke to Christina “Xtina” Prince, general manager of label + publishing at Raedio, about the ...

Rolling Loud was founded in 2015 by Zingler and Cherif, both Miami natives, as a one-day hip-hop music festival that evolved ...

Rap isn’t just entertainment. It’s applied writing. Every strong verse uses voice, structure, evidence, and emotional control ...