A look at 25 chart highlights from 2025. By Gary Trust 2025 marked yet another year of record-breaking, and in some cases record-obliterating, achievements on Billboard’s charts. Taylor Swift rewrote ...

In this week’s The Contenders, 21 Savage's semi-surprise release 'What Happened to the Streets' could challenge for the top spot.

During the week of October 25 through November 1, for the first time in 35 years, no rap songs appeared on Billboard’s top 40. For many, it signaled the death knell of hip-hop’s slow, but imminent, ...

An up-and-coming New York rapper has received a lengthy prison sentence. According to the Associated Press, Kevin Perez, ...

A federal judge has overturned the conviction of one of two men found guilty in the murder of Jason Mizell, aka Jam Master ...

The album, released on a Wednesday for the rapper's 31st birthday, rockets after its first full tracking week.

However, 21 Savage also wants to remind us that he’s not a pussy. “Millionaire, but I’m still a soldier,” he growls on “Where You From,” a track where a quintet of producers led by Southside and ...

The rapper known as Kay Flock has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a series of shootings in his Bronx neighborhood, ...

The rapper is the most streamed artist on Spotify in Italy in 2025. In this exclusive interview, he talks about his real ...

YouTube says it will soon stop providing data to Billboard for inclusion in the US charts, ending a partnership that has ...

Rapper Kay Flock, real name Kevin Perez, received a 30-year prison sentence for multiple shootings in the Bronx, cutting short a budding music career. Despite his musical success, including being ...