The rapper and podcast host reflects on message boards, digital archiving and why the internet once invited listeners to dig ...

Hip-hop might have been born in the '70s, but it was in the '90s when the genre truly started to see commercial success. It ...

André 3000 once talked about his relationship to music as his time with OutKast was coming to a close, admitting he could ...

Drake, LUCKI, BNYX®, and Quando Rondo lead this week's hip-hop releases, alongside new drops from Kenny Mason, Domo Genesis, ...

The odes to the home team come from pioneers who uplifted the genre (Rakim), veteran superstars (Busta Rhymes), independent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hip-hop is bigger than ever, as it’s the most-consumed genre of ...

While plenty of energy was spent this year debating whether or not rap was still at the forefront of pop culture as it reached its fiftieth anniversary, there was no shortage of exciting new music to ...

“Rapper’s Delight” will always be considered the song that introduced hip-hop to the masses. The Sugarhill Gang classic with its tongue-twisting opening – “I said a-hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to ...

Cardi B’s “Errtime” rises to No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Airplay chart, immediately becoming the rapper's milestone tenth leader. She ties Ye's career record this week. WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

Foster Sylvers created a soundtrack producers like Dr. Dre have spent decades digging into, starting with his 1973 hit "Misdemeanor." RIP.