Running high on the tide of her success from 2025 and entering the new year, rapper Daiaphi Lamare aka Reble is far from resting on her laurels! Be it her recent single release — New Riot, or her hit ...

I’m still processing it. I learned a lot about myself, my friends, and my family. I had my faith in humanity broken and restored more times than I can count. In the face of daily atrocities, seeing ...

The top K-pop singles of 2025 with music from BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, BTS' j-hope, JENNIE, ATEEZ, NMIXX, LE SSERAFIM, aespa, CORTIS, Hwasa and more.

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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 ...

The nominees for Best Rap Song at the 2026 Grammys are in. Grammy SZN has officially commenced. On Friday (Nov. 7), The Recording Academy revealed all the nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.

When Nas said “hip-hop is dead,” this certainly isn’t what he meant. Since 1990, rap music has topped the music charts as arguably the most impactful genre in the world. But for the first time in ...

Last week, hip-hop made headlines for a dubious reason. For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appeared in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. This came after “Luther,” Kendrick Lamar’s ...

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America. Last week’s Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

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.

The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is unlike any other one in recent memory. According to the outlet, for the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the chart’s Top 40. The update comes as ...