Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Ab-Soul, Ferg, and Cordae. The past few weeks have featured a glut of new hip-hop, so even though this week slows things down ...

Since the mid-1980s when hip ... new, and amazing. Director Baz Luhrmann has become known for using anachronistic music for his soundtracks and nowhere is that more notable than the use of hip-hop ...

Diddy is facing new allegations of assault in a lawsuit filed by Bryana “Bana” Bongolan, who… ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like PxRRY and Mack Keane. Did anyone have a better week than Kendrick Lamar? To cap off one of the best years for any artist ...

G-Dragon made a stunning return, while Iman Fandi finally releases her debut album. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dating back to its earliest releases, hip-hop has been infused with political messages. On Harlem World Crew’s 1980 release “Rappers Convention,” the lyrics read as a news story ripped from ...

Perhaps more than any other style of music, hip-hop songs are best to dance to. In fact, when hip-hop was invented, there were five tenets to the art form, from lyricism to DJing to dancing.

But what’s happening in hip-hop at large is an artist’s world takeover, moving beyond just music. Hip-hop was essentially a street art form that has grown into a billion-dollar industry.