The 2026 Grammy Award nominees are here, and who else but Kendrick Lamar leads this year's crop with nine nods on the ...

The last rap song in the top 40 was Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “ Luther ,” which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, and became both artists’ highest-charting, longest-running hit at 46 total weeks. But Billboard ...

Both in and outside of his music, NBA YoungBoy has been a motivational force for countless fans across the world. Read some ...

New York City’s new Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is making history as the first Muslim, African-born South Asian to hold the post. Interestingly, before politics, he had a stint as a rapper—now a viral ...

Young Bleed, the Baton Rouge rapper who struck big with 1997's "How Ya Do Dat" and was part of No Limit Records' hold as a ...

Singer-songwriter Graham Barham discusses how Nashville's pop-aimed country interests are bridging country music, hip-hop culture.

Lancey Foux is venturing into bold sonic terrain on his forthcoming LP ‘THE TIME OF OUR LIVES’ — and follow-up ‘BLEACHED’ ...

For the first time, Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40 doesn't feature a single rap song. Is this due to changing listener ...

The team turns a cappellas and iconic freestyles into a cohesive posthumous album featuring Nas, Method Man, Joey Bada$$, and Mac Miller ...

B.G. gives honest take on Cash Money vs. No Limit Verzuz, calling it a “win for Louisiana” after the two […] The post B.G.

Caffeine, which has scored a collaboration with Drake and the Ultimate Rap League, is finding new ways to monetize interactive live streams.

On his story-of-the-year album The Boy Who Played the Harp, the gifted Londoner puts an eye on the human casualties of fame ...