At its core, hip-hop is a voice for the voiceless seeking to address systemic inequities through storytelling.

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 was in its infancy decades ago, many people thought the genre would be a fad that wouldn't last longer than a few years. But over time, not only has hip-hop continued to grow, it's ...

Hip hop and gambling go way back – especially when rappers talk about money. Traditionally, these gambling references revolved around the glitz of physical casinos. But recently, things have ...

Hot 100 No. 1s were represented by six primary genres in 2024, according to Hit Songs Deconstructed. Hip-hop/rap led for the first time since 2018 with a 38% share. Country followed at a one ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Busta Rhymes, Central Cee, and Mac Miller. Here we are, folks: The first Best New Hip-Hop column of 2025. Pardon the ...

In the late 1970s, disco, and soul dominated the club scenes of America ... dominance in global music culture. “Rapper’s Delight” didn’t invent Hip-Hop, nor was it the first to gain ...

The 30-or-so club members were shocked ... professor at Saitama University who wrote a book on how to use hip-hop and rap music in school curriculums, said that there may be a gap between the ...

A lawsuit accuses Sean "Diddy" Combs of drugging and assaulting a young rapper, adding to mounting legal woes for the Hip-Hop ...