On Aug. 16, 1986, exactly 40 years ago today, the album reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Black Albums chart, now called the ...

The Game, the rapper famous for Y2K hits such as “Hate It Or Love It” and “How We Do,” misses the era when Drake put out at least an album a year. “If you’re in the club, on a yacht or just driving in ...

Rap albums drop every day, b. Well, not really. But sometimes it feels like it. Thousands of rap albums release during a calendar year. Sometimes the albums include extensive rollouts, packed with ...

Rap is being reclaimed by rap legends, with T.I., Kanye, and Juvenile all dropping new albums in 2026. Another great joins the mix with a new album of his own. Rappers T.I., Juvenile, Kanye West, and ...

Kool G Rap is quietly working. Hip-Hop heads who value lyrics, legacy, and long memories might want to pull up a chair. The chefs are cooking. The Queens legend is reportedly back in album mode, and ...

Kendrick Lamar is victorious in the Best Rap Album category again, thanks to his excellent 2024 record GNX. The rapper took home the prize in a field featuring Clipse (Let God Sort Em Out), GloRilla ...

Kendrick Lamar’s GNX wins Best Rap Album at the 2026 Grammy Awards. The Compton, Calif. MC was in attendance at the ceremony to deliver his acceptance speech. On Sunday night (Feb. 1), K-Dot was ...

The Compton rapper came into the biggest night in music with an astounding nine nominations, and he has already won three awards. Before the Grammys officially aired, Lamar won Best Melodic Rap ...

Because the hip-hop genre has grown over the past three decades into a tremendous force in American and international popular culture, it can be easy to forget how relatively young it is, originating ...

Kendrick Lamar has secured another major milestone as GNX is officially the most-streamed rap album on Spotify in 2025. The project amassed 2.98 billion streams, outperforming the next-closest release ...

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 ...