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 ...

Hip-hop’s original storyteller, Slick Rick has carried the narrative torch for over three decades. The best Slick Rick songs reveal how. Born on January 14, 1965, Richard Martin Lloyd Walters ...

“Denial Is a River” also climbs 20-17 on the Hot Rap Songs chart and debuts at No. 76 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. It ...

With a PhD in emotional honesty, she keeps it street and soulful. The best Mary J Blige songs show why the singer remains a unique force in R&B. Over the course of her decades-spanning discography ...

At Aaliyah’s death, she was engaged to rap mogul Damon Dash. She was topping the music charts with hits such as “Try Again,” “More Than A Woman,” and “I Miss You.” The multi-talented star was also ...

The hip-hop star caught up with Billboard news about taking both the music and sports worlds by storm.

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Filipino rapper Hev Abi is happy about the current state of the local hip-hop scene and believes its future will only get better.

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LiAngelo Ball's music career is off to a hot start thanks to his viral single "Tweaker." The song debuted at No. 29 on the ...

From Big L to Frank’s Chop Shop, New York's Balaram Stack digs into the New York hip hop scene in this installment of Salt & ...

To coincide with what would have been Mac Miller’s 33rd birthday, his estate has given us all a present — an unreleased album by the late hip-hop star. “Balloonerism” was shelved around 2014 in favor ...