Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Lupe Fiasco sat down with Donwill of The Almanac of Rap and explained why the Child Rebel Soldier supergroup didn't come out.

When hip-hop music was created in the late 1970s ... DJs would take the breaks from those hit songs and play them on a loop as people danced and rapped. It was a remarkable and resourceful ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

Paying tribute to Brooklyn rapper Ka, an underground hip-hop visionary who filled his music with lyrical craft and personal insight ...

Lil Meech (Photo by Terry Shropshire for rolling out) Big Meech, in particular has been the subject of books, documentaries, songs, TV shows and novels. The first to pay homage on a large scale was ...

Soulja Boy and Roscoe Dash turnt up for the ringtone era in a big way at the 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards. On Tuesday (Oct. 14), ...

2024 has been filled with hip-hop highlights. While the culture experiences celebratory moments, the rap world has also been shaken multiple times due to the deaths of members of the hip-hop ...

Hip-hop’s impact can be seen almost everywhere in college life today, from student-run radio stations playing the newest songs to university events with famous hip-hop artists as the main acts.

RVSHVD's debut album "It's Rashad" highlights how well the 25-year-old country performer has been able to evolve his ...

Or maybe technology-themed songs like a “Hamilton”-inspired musical about software are so earnest that they’re great?

Ye is among a growing number of Western artists returning to the world’s second-biggest economy which is struggling to revive ...