It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from IDK, Reason, and TiaCorine. The avalanche of new releases in hip-hop continued this week, albeit at a slightly slower rate than ...

As it returns to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, Bruno Mars's "I Just Might" reaches half a year on the ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 1982 hit "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was named the greatest hip hop song of all time on Wednesday, in the first such list by Rolling Stone ...

February’s conclusion brings HotNewHipHop’s eagerly anticipated monthly collection of premier hip-hop releases, highlighting an exceptional period of musical innovation and artistic expression. This ...

Like Rap City, 106 & Park, and ComicView before it, another BET staple may be coming to an end. Recently, the network announced its plan to indefinitely “suspend” the BET Hip Hop Awards while ...

A reader asked a fair question after our '70s songs series. Why does rock always take the heat? Hip-hop built its reputation on saying what no one else would. Some of what it said, however, wouldn't ...

Kendrick Lamar Wins Best Male Hip-Hop Artist at BET Awards Kendrick Lamar’s remarkable run over the past two years continues.

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...