He is one of Nairobi's coolest cats and a notable figure in the urban rap space. Isaac Mwendwa alias Eyez Kitaka is no stranger to the Kenyan HipHop scene, as he began pursuing the genre in his ...

Music is a game of chemistry. Sometimes, it’s simply a polite handshake. Other times, it is a full-blown cultural explosion.

Vets and newbies flexed their best bars in 2025. After being spoiled by a monstrous three-peat from Future, a lyrical face-off between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, and scintillating releases from Doechii ...

Here is a recap of Billboard Boxscore's top 10 rap tours of 2025, featuring Travis Scott, Wu-Tang Clan and more. By Eric Frankenberg Billboard revealed its year-end Boxscore charts earlier in December ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

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 ...

Hip Hop and R&B artists have had a long, complex history with the Grammy Award for Best New Artist category. The list showcases genre-defining talent, from breakthrough stars to overlooked icons. The ...

Shocking behind-the-curtain stories with a bevy of A-list talent are detailed in the explosive new book 100 Ways I’ve Almost Died…While Working In The Rap Industry. In stores now, the book features ...

It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...

new video loaded: What Could’ve Been for a ’90s Rap Legend transcript Forgive my sincerity, but I got to talk about one of my favorite rappers of all time: Big L. There’s a new Big L song that’s out ...

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...