With just under four months left in 2024, there have already been more hip-hop songs to top Billboard‘s Hot 100 Songs (and as many rap albums on the 200 albums chart) than in all of 2023, the sign of ...

Kendrick Lamar and SZA won Hip-Hop Song of the Year for “Luther” at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, underscoring the track ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Cardi B’s “Outside” debuts at No. 2 on both Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip ...

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The Courant’s arts picks for April 5-11 include Clarice Assad performing with Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Meek Mill 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.

Canton hip-hop artist Light Da Flow Minista is receiving rave reviews for her contribution to J. Cole's new album on the song ...

Perhaps more than any other style of music, hip-hop songs are best to dance to. In fact, when hip-hop was invented, there were five tenets to the art form, from lyricism to DJing to dancing. So, ...

Hip-hop tracks will be transformed into plays at this upcoming festival, merging the worlds of music and theater in a new way. The BRED Hip-Hop Theatre Festival, a one-day event celebrating the ...

The 1980s were a decade when artists pushed boundaries and challenged social norms through provocative lyrics. While some tracks became cultural touchstones that sparked important conversations about ...

These tracks remind us just how deep that mother-child bond runs With Mother’s Day just around the corner, BLACK ENTERPRISE is shining a spotlight on 10 hip-hop artists who poured their hearts out in ...

Classical instruments and orchestrations aren’t unknown in hip-hop music, but nobody mingles those sounds like the Illharmonic Orchestra. On Nov. 22, the New York-based ensemble is playing the Shubert ...