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 ...

Here is a recap of Billboard Boxscore's top 10 rap tours of 2025, featuring Travis Scott, Wu-Tang Clan and more. By Eric Frankenberg Billboard revealed its year-end Boxscore charts earlier in December ...

Juvenile’s recent run of viral “car raps” — including a four-million-view clip — has sparked a fresh wave of attention as the New Orleans legend readies new music. The New Orleans rap icon, known for ...

The Recording Academy has officially announced the nominees for Best Rap Album at the 2025 GRAMMY Awards, delivering one of the most competitive lineups in recent memory. This year features multiple ...

It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...

As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending a streak that's lasted for over 35 years. By Andrew Unterberger With ...

A recent tiff between underground rap promo pages has sparked an impassioned online debate about the definition of “gimmick rappers” over the past week. Most of it is boring and wrapped up in ...

Will Smith is back to making music that "slaps" after dropping "Based on a True Story" on Friday, following a 20-year hiatus from releasing albums — and he immediately addresses his infamous Oscars ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Javier Hasse is a cannabis and psychedelics reporter and book author. Tens of millions of social media followers. Thousands of ...

Faced with a roomful of bored students, Jacob Mitchell found a way to make adverbs fun. Now his classroom is global. By Elisabeth Egan Reporting from London Jacob Mitchell started out as a star ...

Yaya DaCosta is a woman who loves to rap song lyrics while wrapping her hair. Back in 2023, she posted an Instagram reel of herself wrapping her hair while rapping Lil’ Kim’s verse in “Crush On You” ...

Words from the late Amy Winehouse proved to be a key source of inspiration for Lupe Fiasco in the development of his new album Samurai, out Friday. In an interview with Jaelani Williams for BET, Lupe ...