Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay ...

Irv Gotti was one of the masterminds behind the R&B and hip-hop sound that defined the early 2000s. Here are 25 of the best ...

The famed longtime industry exec shaped the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti and was pivotal in Def Jam’s late-Nineties revival ...

Kendrick Lamar has won Best Rap Song for “Not Like Us” at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Wins Best ...

Kendrick Lamar has won Best Rap Song for “Not Like Us” at the 2025 Grammys. The anthemic Drake diss track earns Lamar a record-equalling seventh win in the category, following “I,” “Alright,” “Humble, ...

Kendrick Lamar is one of the most acclaimed rappers alive. Born and raised in Compton, California, he'll headline the 2025 ...

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All right, this one is technically a country song. But hear me out. The hip hop remixes of “The Gambler” have brought it straight into the genre’s world. The message—”Know when to hold ...

On “Do You Have a Destination?” a track from Mac Miller’s “Balloonerism,” his second posthumous release, the rapper muses on one of his most frequently explored topics: life and death. “I went to ...

On “Do You Have a Destination?” a track from Mac Miller’s “Balloonerism,” his second posthumous release, the rapper muses on one of his most frequently explored topics: life and death.

Roseanne Barr has left viewers speechless after appearing in an “awful” pro-Donald Trump rap video alongside the Canadian rapper and singer Tom MacDonald. The music video for the song titled ...

Lauren Huff is a writer at Entertainment Weekly with over a decade of experience covering all facets of the entertainment industry. After graduating with honors from the University of Texas at ...