From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

Vets and newbies flexed their best bars in 2025. After being spoiled by a monstrous three-peat from Future, a lyrical face-off between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, and scintillating releases from Doechii ...

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 ...

Gunna and Burna Boy make a third appearance on the strip club chart with their sensual “Wgft” collaboration, which landed on ...

As we prepare to enter 2026, Okayplayer wraps up our 2025 with a list of the 25 songs that defined the year — a soundtrack of ...

Lil Baby's 'The Leaks' springs 25-1 on Top Rap Albums after its first full tracking week; it dropped last Wednesday for the rapper's 31st birthday.

The Oakland-based experimental artist Chrystia Cabral, a.k.a. SPELLLING, resists genre categorization in a way that allows ...

On December 5, The Game came out with his new mixtape, titled Every Movie Needs A Trailer, which has been garnering attention for its title, The Assassination Of Candace Owens.

Hannah Ewens and Roisin O’Connor speak with some of the artists behind the best records of the year about their own cultural ...

Earlier this month, the Paste team unveiled its list of the 50 best albums of 2025. Thank you for reading it and for not ...

On this night, Boston witnessed a force that was here to say. Doechii did much more than entertain, she instructed and the ...

Whim Whamiee,” performed by budding Atlanta rappers Pluto and YK Niece was released in February. The song’s undeniable it-girl attitude, cocky flair and funny lyrics (“Put some Lulu on this butt, ...