Some of rap music’s biggest names have come out in support of a Black man, whose rap lyrics were cited during his sentencing in Texas. He is on death row. In 2009, a nearly all-white jury convicted ...

On J. Cole's just-released album, The Fall-Off, there's a song titled "What If" where the Dreamville leader raps from the perspective of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. On Friday (Feb. 6), J. Cole ...

Kendrick Lamar is now the most decorated Grammy-winning rapper of all time, with his mantle holding a total of 27 awards. The “Humble” rapper blew past previous record-holder Jay-Z’s 24 wins, scooping ...

The Compton rapper came into the biggest night in music with an astounding nine nominations, and he has already won three awards. Before the Grammys officially aired, Lamar won Best Melodic Rap ...

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 ...

North West raps that she was “banned” from school in a new song with her dad, Kanye West. The 12-year-old daughter of the Grammy winner and Kim Kardashian shared a teaser for the track on her ...

**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 ...

North West rapped about loving piercings and tattoos on her new collaboration with dad Kanye West, titled “Piercing on My Hand (Ye’s version).” “Piercing on my hand, the other holding bands,” North, ...

The 12-year-old shared a snippet of her song "Piercing on My Hand (Ye Version)" to her Instagram northwest/Instagram; kimandnorth/TikTok North West is sharing a snippet of a new song that seems to ...

J. Cole is officially back in motion, and he’s doing it in classic conceptual form. The Dreamville rapper released a new song this week as part of his rollout for highly anticipated album The Fall Off ...

Chip Tha Ripper continues his long-running Fat Raps series with “Fat Raps 4,” a new collaboration that brings together Machine Gun Kelly, Denzel Curry, and Larry June on one track. The song appears as ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...