Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip Hop in 2025 didn’t move in a straight line — it expanded, paused, reflected, and, in many cases, recalibrated. Rather than ...

The most memorable moment in rap of 2024 isn’t an album, it’s the multi-song rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake that culminated in the release of the year’s most world-conquering rap song, ...

The '80s was hip-hop's Wild West. These 10 essential Golden Era albums defined the genre and still hit like a brick today.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coincidentally, both Lamar and Tyler, the Creator are featured on Clipse’s album, along with such other past Grammy winners as ...

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 ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 7 ...

Although hip-hop as a genre is no stranger to the concept album as a format, there would be little resistance to the assessment that there’s been a bit of a drought of such projects over the past few ...

Throughout its history, rap has had many great radical albums: projects unafraid to call its listeners to action to rally against all sorts of oppressive forces. Whether it be politicians abusing ...

On this day in 1991, one of hip hop’s most revolutionary voices, Tupac Amaru Shakur, delivered his debut studio album, 2Pacalypse Now. Released through Interscope Records, the project didn’t dominate ...

Back in the day, when buying records, CDs, and tapes was one of the most important things a young person could do, the keen-eyed music consumer often kept their peepers peeled for new live albums.

Hip Hop was alive and well this year, despite rap momentarily dropping out of the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for about two weeks. There were big tours, major collaborations among some of our favorite ...