“It was so synchronized,” Tauheed Epps, the Grammy-winning hip-hop artist and entrepreneur known as 2 Chainz, told an ...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani revealed his Top 5 rappers of all time during a recent interview, naming New York legends and ...

We asked, and metro Detroit answered. For the second year, we put out a survey calling on local artists to share their music with us as well as a little bit about themselves. And they delivered! From ...

Once again this year, Les Flammes invites online voters to choose their favorite artists, projects, and tracks. Twenty-five categories are recognized in this fourth edition, with 19 of them open for ...

To get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day, here are some of The Root’s favorite rap love songs. While hip-hop is often characterized by its bravado and aggression, the genre has also flourished ...

Kool G Rap is reportedly back in album mode, and with Cormega already in the mix, the Juice Crew legend may be back! Kool G Rap is quietly working. Hip-Hop heads who value lyrics, legacy, and long ...

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 ...

Every month, The FADER's Vivian Medithi showcases all the standout rap songs from the past 30-ish days in one unranked list. Recently, Lil Uzi Vert inked a new deal with Roc Nation Distribution and ...

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 ...

Timothée Chalamet shouted out his girlfriend Kylie Jenner in his new rap song with his rumored alter-ego EsDeeKid. “It’s Timothée Chalamet chillin’, tryin’ to stack $100 million. Girl got $1 billion,” ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...