With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop - from a new Stove God Cooks banger to a sultry duet between AKIA and Aaron Page.

Nas and DJ Premier finally did what Hip Hop fans have been waiting on for decades. The duo dropped Light-Years today (Dec. 12 ...

The summer of 2025 continues not to disappoint when it comes to hip-hop releases. This week, a diamond-selling artist from Atlanta drops his third album in three years, one of the game’s premier ...

T.I. unveiled the trailer for his debut comedy special "Cheaper Than Therapy" dropping Christmas Eve via TipAintFunny.com.

Hip hop royalty filled Partake NYC last night as Havoc hosted an exclusive listening event for Infinite, the long-awaited Mobb Deep album created in memory of his late partner-in-rhyme, Prodigy. More ...

Between ripping the opposing team’s heart out with gutwrenching clutch shots, Milwaukee Bucks superstar Damian Lillard is also building a career as a talented lyricist. Lillard—who’s known as Dame D.O ...

The wait for new music from Death Grips will soon be over. The experimental hip-hop group revealed that they are working on their first new album in seven years. Known for fusing hip-hop with punk ...

There is no debate that Queens’ own Nicki Minaj completely modernized rap with her versatility and bold lyricism. Born in ...

This week, we have new albums from Summer Walker — one of the more exciting young singers — and Diana Ross, who released her first album in over a decade. New Music Friday is pretty quiet this week.

Republic Records is stepping into the gaming arena in a major way. The label has announced a strategic partnership with developer Nothing Projects Interactive to launch OnlyHands, a real-time mobile ...

Ice Cube, Chuck D of Public Enemy, and LL Cool J have released a new digital single. It's called "Before Hip Hop" and is curiously identified as a "premix." (Ice Cube previously released a version ...