With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from ...

Here are three takeaways from Hit Songs Deconstructed’s latest in-depth research. Hip-hop/rap reigned as the most common primary genre in the Hot 100’s top 10 throughout 2024, contributing to ...

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The original version of “Old Town Road” didn’t feature Billy Ray Cyrus, but the remixed version with Cyrus’ vocals is what catapulted the song to the top ... and ’90s-era hip-hop.

Few rappers have attracted as much controversy and media attention as 50 Cent over the last two decades. From his ...

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025, let’s celebrate the undeniable impact female rappers have had on Hip ...

Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem in 1971 to two members of the Black Panther Party. Taking the name MC New York when he first began rapping, Shakur spent a few of his formative years in Baltimore, and ...

Digital Underground later produced and rapped on 2Pac’s first Top 10 single ... East Coast hip-hop duo Gang Starr‘s “Step In The Arena.” This collection of 70s, 80s and 90s funk and ...

Top Song of the Week The top songs released this week, including tracks in hip-hop, rap, alternative, rock, EDM, country music, and beyond. Dolly Parton Celebrates Her Dearly Departed Husband with “If ...

Love has been a singular driving force in popular music for centuries, resulting in everything from R&B torch songs to power ballads. But what about in rap? While hip-hop has often had a ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Larrenwong, PlaqueBoyMax and Dylan Sinclair.

Last June was the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop, and we can't think of an album that better reflects the culture's roots than Denver-based Ason Yugen's The Wolf & The Social Club. Each of the ...