“I became obsessed with ’90s rap. I would study it,” he says ... all the cool sh*t in country music like I did for hip-hop when I was 16.” Acting is still a priority.

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Nav, Will Smith, and Lil Durk.

What a difference a year makes. From the sounds that captivated rap fans to the trends that took over, hip-hop has offered many hits in different ways over the last 365 days. That motion translated ...

The Art Gallery of Ontario recently welcomed The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century. The exhibit ...

From 50 Cent's survival after being shot to Cardi B's rise from stripper to superstar, these 10 hip hop artists overcame obstacles to achieve legendary status.

Enjoy this week's list, featuring new songs from Wiz Khalifa ("5 Star" featuring Gunna ), YG ("2004" featuring Buddy & The Gang), NLE Choppa ("Hard Life" featuring Carey Washington) and more. See you ...

By this time, the pair are rap stars at the forefront of the explosion of Hip-Hop. And Disco Fever was the spot that jumped off as Hip-Hop took hold of the city. This was Angie Brown—a child of ...

In “Straight Loops, Light & Soul,” a project evoking Roy DeCarava’s Harlem jazz pictures and the music of J Dilla, Williams ...

along with a slew of MCs from across hip-hop. Seemingly everybody you’d think of when you say “indie rap’s finest” is represented here, from 6ix’s fellow DMVers Adé and Logic to ...

he frequently toured and collaborated with hip-hop artists to bolster the rap canon. In 1999, Ayers collaborated with The Roots on “Proceed II,” sprinkling his Vibraphone atop a smooth ...

A new generation of artists has rewritten the definition of rap to make the genre a cultural powerhouse yet again.

So before we get to the month’s best rap songs, let’s talk about some of the best hip-hop music videos of March 2025. This month I’ve been enjoying: • the kaleidoscopic cityscapes and ...