It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

There was plenty good news in the world of Hip-Hop. In a world often filled with challenges, 2025 has shown us that hope, resilience, and positive change continue to shine through the Hip-Hop ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) expert Chris Brown and Quavo also traded diss tracks this spring, one of which ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Mother’s Day presents an opportunity to celebrate the profound influence of maternal figures in our lives, and few musical genres capture emotional depth and personal storytelling quite like hip-hop.

In a recent episode of *Hard Knock Radio*, host Davey D sat down with legendary West Coast hip-hop artist Volume 10 for an in-depth conversation about his career, his groundbreaking contributions to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite a late start — he didn’t reach Billboard’s charts until 2009 — Drake sprinted to the lead through a prolific schedule of ...

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 ...