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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When hip-hop music was created in the late 1970s, one of the founding tenets was that it sampled other genres to create something new. One of those staples was James Brown’s music. DJs would ...

The coveted West Coast beatmaker drops eight new songs, with features from the likes ... With so many women achieving never-before-seen heights of hip-hop popularity — and so many Golden Era ...

Meanwhile, the  ritual of discovering something new is now neatly packaged in a 30-song playlist, refreshed weekly. The only ...

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 ...

Nigerian rapper Blaqbonez shows no signs of slowing down, and we’re all here for it. His highly anticipated EP “Of Many Colors: Orange” is officially out today,. This vibrant project showcases ...

Hip-hop is more than just a type of music. It’s a movement, a way of life, and a culture that has grown and changed over time to affect almost every part of society. Hip-hop started in the Bronx ...

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Diddy undoubtedly exemplifies the archetype of a hip-hop impresario. In 1993, he launched Bad Boy Records, a music imprint that came to represent many industry legends and popular music stars ...

That's starting to change, as demonstrated by the inclusion of hip-hop and R&B in the recent Asbury Park Underground music crawl, and now Porchfest. Ramses credits artist and facilitator Alexander ...