To get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day, here are some of The Root’s favorite rap love songs. While hip-hop is often characterized by its bravado and aggression, the genre has also flourished ...

"Body" leads 17 songs on the list, all from the rapper-singer's chart-topping Octane. By Trevor Anderson Don Toliver’s busy week across Billboard’s charts includes the rapper-singer’s first No. 1 hit ...

Rap music is no longer a niche, it’s a cultural wave. From film soundtracks to independent drops, rap tracks today are shaping pop culture, dominating reels, and becoming everyday anthems for a ...

A music legend stopped short of naming the corporate sponsor of his Sydney venue before delivering a mind-blowing show for his fans. And fans supported his hesitation in name-checking the TikTok ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT RAP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED MEDIABASE AND ...

GURUGRAM (ANI)– Singer and rapper Raftaar, known for his contributions to Bollywood and Hindi hip-hop, shared his views on the diss culture in hip-hop, describing diss tracks as a way for artists to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

For the first time since 1990, there are no rap songs in the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit "luther," which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, left this week's most recent ...

Looks like hell has officially frozen over. In a twist few saw coming, Suge Knight has come to the defense of Sean Diddy Combs as the Bad Boy Records founder faces mounting legal battles involving ...