So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Graphic by Chris Panicker Last month, we launched the Pitchfork Rap Readers’ Poll, in which we asked you to rank your favorite rap ...

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We live in the Dot era. After demolishing rap rival Drake last year, Kendrick Lamar’s victory lap has dominated 2025 and the current hip-hop landscape. Super Bowl performance. More Grammy wins. “Not ...

Writer Shad Reed gets past the trends and into the immortal albums that have shaped Hip-Hop. An onslaught of Hip-Hop “Mount Rushmores ” has recently flooded social media and various internet spaces to ...

Hip-hop delivered no shortage of standout releases during the first half of 2026. Star rappers, including J. Cole, Kanye West, Drake, Yeat, and Baby Keem, among others, all released projects during a ...

View post: 37 Years Ago Today: Iconic James Bond Movie Broke the Mold - And It Was a Screen Legend's Last IN Illmatic, Nas's debut, is hailed as a groundbreaking and influential hip-hop album. Critics ...

Don Toliver has reached a new career milestone in early 2026. His latest album, OCTANE, has officially recorded the biggest opening week for a rap album on Spotify this year. The project has already ...

Let’s take a vote. For everyone who believes that the 1990s were the best years for rap music, raise your hand. Okay, that’s one… two… three… all of you ...

New Orleans and Louisiana have left an indelible mark on rap music as the home state of some of the genre's biggest stars and most iconic record labels. Five albums by Louisiana artists were selected ...

Part II of The Seven Wonders of the Hip-Hop World highlights seven groundbreaking albums that reshaped rap from the 1990s through the 2010s. Shad Reed goes back down the rabbit hole with seven more ...