Asked to write a song for Young Thug, Nate Ruess accidentally wrote the perfect ending to The Format's first release in 20 years, "Boycott Heaven." ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rap music in 2025 was a rich mix of introspection, experimentation and cultural significance. As mainstream rap fell in and out of favor, the genre flourished with adventurous producing, serious ...

More than two decades after its release, Eminem's "Lose Yourself" finally becomes the bestselling rap song in America — as the star scores his first rock hit as well. INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

In terms of artistic advancement, many rap fans would probably not consider Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” a genre-shifting single. However, regarding popular appeal, they probably would, as it was the ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

Bershy, the artist behind a key song featured in smash-hit narrative adventure superhero game Dispatch, says that the game and its studio "just changed my life." It comes after plays of her song Radio ...

The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “luther” from the Billboard Hot 100 chart has reignited the heated debate of rap’s decline in 2025. The conversations are unsurprising when this is the first ...

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.

Hip-hop has officially exited the upper echelon of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in more than three decades. The top 40 of the iconic chart currently contains zero rap songs, marking ...