Black Rob and G. Dep Release New Single “Count On It,” Commemorating 5-Year Anniversary of Black Rob's Passing ...

The song appears to be Gucci Mane's first public response to the federal case against Pooh Shiesty and eight other men ...

Last week, federal officials said Pooh Shiesty forced the Atlanta rap veteran to release him from the 1017 label.

The track rules Hot Rap Songs just two weeks after his own "Body." By Trevor Anderson Two weeks after he scored his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart, Don Toliver returns to the winner’s ...

Friends, family and original members from Swishahouse records gathered to bid farewell during a public tribute to Michael “5000” Watts, the late Houston DJ and record executive, on Feb.16, 2026. Watts ...

The KISS frontman slammed the institution for including rap and hip-hop artists: "I don't come from the ghetto, it doesn't speak my language." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Gene Simmons says ...

**For clarity, rap and hip-hop are used interchangeably throughout the article, as both represent the same space in music charts.** For the first time in over 35 years, rap vanished from the Billboard ...

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Drake secured Apple Music’s most-streamed artist position for 2025, while Kendrick Lamar‘s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us” claimed the platform’s top rap song for the second consecutive year.

Billboard‘s recent rule changes sparked a concerned discussion after they resulted in a two-week absence of rap music in the Hot 100 chart’s top 40 for the first time in almost three decades. “Is ...

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.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Celebrating hip hop and Memphis. The very first People's Hip Hop Awards Experience wrapped up Sunday night in the heart of the Bluff City. The show featured several star-studded names ...