THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

Legendary hip hop artist & pioneer, MC Lyte's latest single, "King King" is dedicated to all the Kings of the world. It's also the unofficial anthem for the Player's Coalition as they embark on a ...

I’m a rapper. I also work as a professor of hip-hop. I work at the intersection of artmaking and academic research. I write music as part of a greater effort to challenge antiquated ideas about ...

MC Lyte and fellow members of Boogie Down Productions. While much of the politics of hip-hop had sprung from the opposing East and West Coasts, during the 00s the Midwest (particularly Chicago and ...

2024 has been filled with hip-hop highlights. While the culture experiences celebratory moments, the rap world has also been shaken multiple times due to the deaths of members of the hip-hop ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Leo Waters and Jordyn Simone. By Kyle Denis With just over a week to go until the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and the ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Tyler The Creator, Lil Uzi Vert, and IDK. Okay, now I am mad at all the rappers. It’s not that there hasn’t been a slew ...

NEW YORK - Hip-hop producer DJ Clark Kent has died after ... "The first man that believed in my voice," MC Lyte wrote. "My brother is gone, it has been an honor to know him, our talks I will ...

New York City hip-hop pioneer DJ Clark Kent — who worked with some of the genre’s biggest names and introduced Jay-Z to Notorious B.I.G. — has died after a battle with colon cancer.

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 aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...