Nicki Minaj's "My Life" debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Digital Song Sales chart after a more than 44,000% spike in sales ...

Lil Uzi Vert captures the crown on Billboard ’s Hot Rap Songs chart for the first time in three years as “What You Saying” ...

After an eight-year wait, A$AP Rocky's 'Don't Be Dumb' proves he hasn't lost his touch as a stylistic and mature force in rap.

As rap stops appearing in global charts, fans wonder if rap is on the decline in it's prominence in the current culture.

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

In 2016, as "mumble rap" was being used as a slur for the first time, and SoundCloud had become a bolt-hole offering asylum to young hip-hop castoffs, a handful of the movement's defining figures were ...

A recent tiff between underground rap promo pages has sparked an impassioned online debate about the definition of “gimmick rappers” over the past week. Most of it is boring and wrapped up in ...

Universal Music Greater China has established Def Jam Recordings China, headquartered in hip-hop capital Chengdu.

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 ...

New rap song "Don’t Shake my Coke" by Danny G ft. Neki Rapper! Super summer hit song??!! Maybe!! What I do know is that 500 ...