Tim Pool posted a claim on X in July that’s been spreading like wildfire across social media, and it’s absolutely wild. He said rap music is dead because USAID collapsed, and now nobody’s listening to ...

Clean rap songs have become essential for classrooms, family trips, parties, and workplace events where explicit lyrics are not appropriate. They offer the same energetic beats, clever wordplay, and ...

Remember the first time a 90s rap track hit you so hard you had to rewind it? That feeling never gets old. From the raw boom bap of New York to the smooth G-funk rolling out of Compton, the 90s gave ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Vets and newbies flexed their best bars in 2025. After being spoiled by a monstrous three-peat from Future, a lyrical face-off between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, and scintillating releases from Doechii ...

It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...

For many music fans, the ’90s represent the Golden Era of rap music. You had established stars like Run-DMC, LL Cool J, and Beastie Boys still making music. You had new stars like Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z, ...

The rapper won the award for 'Alligator Bites Never Heal' during the 2025 Grammy Awards. By Carly Thomas Senior Editor, Digital After Cardi B revealed that Doechii won the award for best rap album for ...

One of the first albums I downloaded to my bulky iPod Classic as a teenager was Curren$y’s Pilot Talk. The song that brought me there was the smoker’s anthem ...