From SZA to Lil Nas X, these rap and R&B stars were all nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys. Some won, some lost, ...

Here are Pitchfork’s 40 best rap songs of 2025. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here. When Wham ( Lil Baby ...

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 ...

From comeback albums by established legends to more experimental offerings from the younger generation, 2025 was a marquee year for rap, streaming numbers be damned ...

Kendrick Lamar is the overwhelming favorite, but the remaining contenders - Tyler, the Creator, Clipse, GloRilla, and JID - all bring serious bona fides to the table.

Xzibit's classic breakout album "Restless" just turned 25 years old -- but turns out, it was the very first song the rap ...

In August of 2025, hip-hop turned the still-very-young age of 52, but let some of its fans tell it the genre is still a young man’s game. However, upon looking at its current landscape, some of rap’s ...

After making a bid for the canon of grown-ass man rap albums with 2023’s Quaranta, Danny Brown has gone in the opposite ...

Rap’s G League is looking healthy. Last year, when we put together our list of the best teenage rappers, it felt like a struggle to gather good, interesting names. In a genre supposedly dominated by ...

If there were a Grammy Awards for fashion, the Met Gala would be it. Over the years, the annual event supporting the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has, in many ways, become rap’s ...

After nearly 20 years, female rappers are again dominating the charts. Cardi B made history in early March, becoming the first female rapper to have five No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, two ...

The FADER rounded up the best rap songs of November 2025 with selections from Ice Spice, Fly Anakin, RRoxket, Chow Lee, MexicoDro, and more.