Wot no hip-hop?: The Billboard Top 30 is rap free – for the first time in 35 years

The current US Top 30 has no songs that could be officially described as rap or hip-hop – for the first time since 1990. That ...

Chart Metrics vs. Cultural Mettle: Deconstructing the Narrative of Hip-Hop's "Fall"

The exit of “luther” reignites the contentious debate of rap’s commercial decline in 2025. While this theory is supported by ...
Uproxx

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Doechii, Roddy Ricch, and Smino. Actually, this week in hip-hop is actually going to be two weeks, due to the holiday that just ...

Christian Music Is Everywhere Now—Whether You Realize It Or Not

A new generation is widening the audience for faith-based songs through digital savvy and an eclectic sound.
The New York Times

How Hip-Hop Became America’s Poetry

This month, America celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Most of the country first encountered this musical revolution with the release of the national hit “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979. But it ...
The Hoya

Women in Hip-Hop Navigate Objectification, Owning Their Sexual Power

In 1973, 25 dollars and a mission to go back-to-school shopping pushed adolescent Cindy Campbell to host an event that would inadvertently lead to the genesis of hip-hop. Campbell planned and hosted ...
Arizona Daily Star

Klezmer music, hip-hop studies

The Klezmopolitans will present a collection of Yiddish folk and pop songs, Jewish jazz standards, Israeli songs, waltzes and classic klezmer songs such as "Tumbalalaika," "Reb Dovidl" and "Hava ...