The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s “Shot Callin,” at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was still in its keeping-it-real phase. Biz’s pop chart ascendence (rap’s ...

For the first time since 1990, the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart is completely devoid of any hip-hop and/or rap songs.

I watched a new era in Stockton’s hip-hop scene come of age. Moving to the Central Valley city in the early 2000s, I found a hip-hop community that was its own form of resistance. Smoldering ...

Pac, one of the most significant figures in the culture's history, remains as relevant today as he was during his lifetime.

Mixtape Collective offers limitless possibilities when it investigates the past, present and future of hip-hop dance with its weekend presentation of "Mixtape 6: Cypherspace," at the Cowles Center. "I ...

Neo-soul singer D'Angelo has died following a reported battle with pancreatic cancer and the hip-hop community is offering condolences. The music industry is reeling after reports surfaced on Tuesday ...

The week of October 25, 2025, marked an unprecedented setback for hip-hop: according to The AV Club, no rap songs made the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40. The long-running hit “Luther” by SZA and Kendrick ...

Young Thug insists Atlanta hip-hop is back after he was at the center of a tumultuous upheaval in the city last month. On Tuesday (Oct. 14), Thugger shared a post on his Instagram Story sharing his ...

A brand new episode of the hit reality series Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta premieres on MTV Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 8/7c. During this week’s new episode, the group is still recovering from Momma Dee’s recent ...

Could Jay-Z really be the most ruthless player in music? For nearly three decades, Sean “Jay-Z” Carter has built an empire that stretches from Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects to billion-dollar deals in ...

Marcyliena H. Morgan was teaching an urban speech communities course at the University of California Los Angeles, nearly 35 years ago when her students began focusing on musicians in their assignments ...

The long-awaited Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx is expected to open its doors in about a year. To help raise $50 million for construction and programming, the museum will host its second gala Wednesday ...