Chart Metrics vs. Cultural Mettle: Deconstructing the Narrative of Hip-Hop's "Fall"

The exit of “luther” reignites the contentious debate of rap’s commercial decline in 2025. While this theory is supported by ...
Hip Hop Vibe on MSN

Stream: BunnaB – “Sweet Lick”

BunnaB releases “Sweet Lick” mixtape Atlanta’s rising rap star BunnaB is back with a new flavor. Her ten-track project Sweet ...
Complex

20 Great Rap Artists Who Never Had a Top 40 Hit

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appeared in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. This came after “ Luther,” ...

Hip Hop On The High Seas: Inside The 2025 Rock The Bells Cruise

Aboard the annual four-night Hip Hop cruise, legends and fans came together for an unforgettable celebration of music, ...

Pop Goes Hip-Hop: Take Rap’s “Exit” From Billboard’s Top 40 With A Grain Of Salt

The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Shot Callin,” at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was still in its keeping-it-real phase. Biz’s pop chart ascendence (rap’s ...
KSAT

Gross Angel: How a local rapper blends fighting games, comics and hip-hop in San Antonio’s music scene

San Antonio’s hip-hop scene has a fresh dose of nostalgia and nerdy charm thanks to Gross Angel, a local rapper who’s mixing ...

13 Rap Songs That Sample Tame Impala

Billboard rounded up 13 rap songs that have sampled or interpolated Tame Impala, in order of newest to oldest. Travis Scott ...
Las Vegas Weekly

Hawaiian-born hip-hop collective Dotwav gains momentum off new music deal

Formed in 2022, the group proceeded to drop its first two albums in 2023 and a third in 2024 before reaching a milestone deal under Virgin Music Group in May.